guinguette
\ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\
The verdict
“guinguette” is uncommon French (frequency #57,303 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,303
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabaret de faubourg ou de banlieue, où les gens du peuple aimaient à se divertir les jours de fête.
Corpus desk
Index FR-guinguette · guinguette · French
guinguette · rank #57,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,303
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gracias
Nearest frequency peer: gracias (-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 « guinguette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- glacer
glacer
42,702 corpus weight
- gracia
gracia
42,700 corpus weight
- gracias
gracias
42,699 corpus weight
- guinguette
guinguette
42,698 corpus weight
- habana
habana
42,696 corpus weight
- haillons
haillons
42,695 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « guinguette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guinguette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « guinguette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
guinguette is uncommon French at frequency #57,303 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
guinguette has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is guinguette, spelled G-U-I-N-G-U-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cabaret de faubourg ou de banlieue, où les gens du peuple aimaient à se divertir les jours de fête.
- 2(Belgique) Bar temporaire, situé en extérieur, souvent dans un espace vert.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how guinguette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On les rencontre un jour accoudés à la cheminée d’un salon du monde, et le lendemain attablés sous les tonnelles des guinguettes dansantes.
Il s’agit d’un évadé de la Guyane. Je le piste depuis cinq mois et je l’ai manqué une première fois à Nogent dans une guinguette du bord de l’eau, où on l’employait comme garçon.
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.
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