guinguettes

\ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\

/\ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“guinguettes” is uncommon French (frequency #93,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,841
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de guinguette.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guinguettes · guinguettes · French

guinguettes · rank #93,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,841
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guilvinec

Nearest frequency peer: Guilvinec (-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 « guinguettes »

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 « guinguettes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guinguettes
PropertyValue
Headwordguinguettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\
Letters11
Frequency rank#93,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guinguettes » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.guinguettestombe 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: « Guilvinec » (#93,840), « Guirado » (#93,842), « Guynemer » (#93,843). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « guinguettes » est au #93,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guinguettes is uncommon French at frequency #93,841 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de guinguette.".

Zero misspellings are on record for guinguettes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is guinguettes, spelled G-U-I-N-G-U-E-T-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de guinguette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Willy Ronis (1910-2009) aimait photographier la foule, les moments de rassemblement populaire autour d’une cause comme les ambiances festives dans les guinguettes des bords de Marne ou les attractions foraines.

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 "guinguettes"?
"guinguettes" is spelled G-U-I-N-G-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\.
What does "guinguettes" mean?
As a noun, "guinguettes" means: Pluriel de guinguette.
How do you pronounce "guinguettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guinguettes" is \ɡɛ̃.ɡɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guinguettes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

granularité#93,830globulaires#93,819garderaient#93,804incontestés#93,896

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list