gendarme
/gẽⁿ.ˈdaɾ.mɪ/
The verdict
“gendarme” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro duma gendarmaria
Corpus desk
Index PT-gendarme · gendarme · Portuguese
gendarme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gendarme |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /gẽⁿ.ˈdaɾ.mɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gendarme” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gendarme is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /gẽⁿ.ˈdaɾ.mɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "membro duma gendarmaria".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gendarme in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is gendarme, spelled G-E-N-D-A-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1membro duma gendarmaria
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.