warden

noun

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The verdict

“warden” is an uncommon French word, ranked #64,173 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#64,173
frequency rank, French
6
letters

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

Key facts for warden
PropertyValue
Headwordwarden
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “warden” 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). warden 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 warden is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #64,173 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for warden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is warden, spelled W-A-R-D-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Directeur, directrice.
  2. 2
    Garde, gardien.
  3. 3
    Celui qui s'occupe du maintien de l'église.
  4. 4
    Principal (de quelques collèges universitaires ; aussi d’un peu des lycées anglais).

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 "warden"?
"warden" is spelled W-A-R-D-E-N.
What does "warden" mean?
As a noun, "warden" means: Directeur, directrice.
What language does "warden" come from?
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Using “warden”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is W-A-R-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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