degustation

noun

"degustation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“degustation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation

Corpus desk

Index EN-degustation · degustation · English

degustation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for degustation
PropertyValue
Headworddegustation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “degustation” in English

degustationfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

degustation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for degustation, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French dégustation, from Latin degustatio, degustationem, from degusto. The correct English form is degustation, spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation

Etymology

Borrowed from French dégustation, from Latin degustatio, degustationem, from degusto.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "degustation"?
"degustation" is spelled D-E-G-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "degustation" mean?
As a noun, "degustation" means: tasting, especially as a form of careful appreciation
What is the origin of the word "degustation"?
Borrowed from French dégustation, from Latin degustatio, degustationem, from degusto. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list