ringarde
\ʁɛ̃.ɡaʁd\
The verdict
“ringarde” is uncommon French (frequency #67,072 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,072
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme qui n’est plus dans le coup, qui est démodée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ringarde · ringarde · French
ringarde · rank #67,072 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,072
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rida
Nearest frequency peer: rida (-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 « ringarde »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- repoussante
repoussante
32,933 corpus weight
- rida
rida
32,930 corpus weight
- ringarde
ringarde
32,929 corpus weight
- risqueriez
risqueriez
32,928 corpus weight
- rockers
rockers
32,926 corpus weight
- rodéos
rodéos
32,925 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ringarde » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ringarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛ̃.ɡaʁd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ringarde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ringarde is uncommon French at frequency #67,072 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛ̃.ɡaʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme qui n’est plus dans le coup, qui est démodée.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ringarde in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 ringarde, spelled R-I-N-G-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Femme qui n’est plus dans le coup, qui est démodée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ringarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’en choisis un au hasard, pour ne pas passer pour la ringarde qui n’est jamais sortie de sa zone en demandant des explications.
This word in other languages
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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