Which to use
“gardienne” is a noun and “gardiennes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,760
- “gardienne” frequency rank
- #49,108
- “gardiennes” frequency rank
- 67868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gardienne | gardiennes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui surveille quelqu’un ou quelque chose. | Féminin pluriel de gardien. |
Same sound, different letters: gardienne vs gardiennes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. gardienne runs 9 letters (CVCCVVCCV) against gardiennes's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - gardienne and gardiennes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: gardienne and gardiennes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡaʁ.djɛn\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gardienne” sits inside “gardiennes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gardienne is recorded at frequency rank #18,760, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡaʁ.djɛn\. gardiennes is at rank #49,108, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡaʁ.djɛn\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67868, this pair ranks #61,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gardienne vs gardiennes
Shared letters: adeginr. Private to "gardienne": -. Private to "gardiennes": s.
"gardienne" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCCV · "gardiennes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gardienne ← agrdienne · gadrienne · garddienne · gardeinne · gardiene · gardienen · gardinene · garidenne
- gardiennes ← agrdiennes · gadriennes · garddiennes · gardeinnes · gardienens · gardienes · gardienness · gardiennse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gardienne" and "gardiennes" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "gardienne" or "gardiennes" show up more?
What to do next
"gardienne" and "gardiennes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gardienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gardiennes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gardienne" and "gardiennes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gardiennage vs gardienne". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #61,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.