smigard
\smi.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“smigard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne payée au SMIG, salaire minimum garanti par la loi française jusqu’en 1970.
Corpus desk
Index FR-smigard · smigard · French
smigard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | smigard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \smi.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
smigard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \smi.ɡaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne payée au SMIG, salaire minimum garanti par la loi française jusqu’en 1970.".
smigard has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is smigard, spelled S-M-I-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Personne payée au SMIG, salaire minimum garanti par la loi française jusqu’en 1970.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how smigard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] fabriquent sans discernement des nichées de marmots, malheureux en puissance qui viendront grossir les rangs des smigards, voire ceux des chômeurs nécessaires aux plans des technocrates bourgeois…
J’étais smigard, même pas mensualisé, c’était métro boulot dodo, j’en ai eu marre !
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