guincher
\ɡɛ̃.ʃe\
The verdict
“guincher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guincher · guincher · French
guincher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guincher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡɛ̃.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guincher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guincher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡɛ̃.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
guincher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is guincher, spelled G-U-I-N-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Danser.
- 2Lorgner.
- 3Crier, hurler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guincher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh ! n’ pus êt’ planqué à la dure Et n’ s’rait-ce qu’eun’ nuit frimer l’ marlou Et m’ les rouler dans d’ la guipure Ousqu’on verrait guincher mes poux.
Marie et William décidèrent de guincher toute la soirée, n’écoutant que leurs cœurs ivres d’amour et d’alcool, […].
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.