dégoût
[de.ɡu]
The verdict
“dégoût” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - spontane, intensive körperliche Empfindung des Unwohlseins, der Übelkeit bei Konfrontation mit etwas Ekligem
Corpus desk
Index DE-degout · dégoût · German
dégoût · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dégoût |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [de.ɡu] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dégoût“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dégoût is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [de.ɡu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dégoût in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is dégoût, spelled D-É-G-O-Û-T.
Definition
- 1spontane, intensive körperliche Empfindung des Unwohlseins, der Übelkeit bei Konfrontation mit etwas Ekligem
- 2Empfindung der starken emotionalen Ablehnung, angewidert sein
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.