Gwendoline

\ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\

/\ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\/ name

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The verdict

“Gwendoline” is an uncommon French word, ranked #60,841 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#60,841
frequency rank, French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom féminin.

Key facts for Gwendoline
PropertyValue
HeadwordGwendoline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,841
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gwendoline” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Gwendoline lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Gwendoline is 10 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\. Corpus data places it at rank #60,841 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Gwendoline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Gwendoline, spelled G-W-E-N-D-O-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

This word in other languages

Gwendolen(English)

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 "Gwendoline"?
"Gwendoline" is spelled G-W-E-N-D-O-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\.
What does "Gwendoline" mean?
As a proper noun, "Gwendoline" means: Prénom féminin.
How do you pronounce "Gwendoline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gwendoline" is \ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gwendoline" come from?
"Gwendoline" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Gwendoline”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-W-E-N-D-O-L-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡwɛn.dɔ.lin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list