guidait

\ɡi.dɛ\

/\ɡi.dɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“guidait” is uncommon French (frequency #73,210 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,210
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de guider.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guidait · guidait · French

guidait · rank #73,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,210
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gudule

Nearest frequency peer: Gudule (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « guidait »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guidait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guidait
PropertyValue
Headwordguidait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡi.dɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guidait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.guidaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Gudule » (#73,209), « guadeloupéens » (#73,208), « gull » (#73,212). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guidait » est au #73,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guidait is uncommon French at frequency #73,210 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡi.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de guider.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for guidait, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is guidait, spelled G-U-I-D-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de guider.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how guidait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le capitaine Morgan Rosko guidait à nouveau les visiteurs, jeudi 28 juillet, à la découverte du passé corsaire de la ville de Roscoff.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guidait"?
"guidait" is spelled G-U-I-D-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡi.dɛ\.
What does "guidait" mean?
As a verb, "guidait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de guider.
How do you pronounce "guidait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guidait" is \ɡi.dɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guidait" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "guidait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

génisse#73,214grivois#73,201grippal#73,200grandet#73,199

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list