aiguillonner
\e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne\
The verdict
“aiguillonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piquer un animal avec l’aiguillon pour le faire marcher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aiguillonner · aiguillonner · French
aiguillonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aiguillonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
aiguillonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ɡɥi.jɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aiguillonner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is aiguillonner, spelled A-I-G-U-I-L-L-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Piquer un animal avec l’aiguillon pour le faire marcher.
- 2Inciter à quelque chose.
- 3Tourmenter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aiguillonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aiguillonner des bœufs ou des animaux en général.
Les mulets, que l'on aiguillonnait avec la pointe des glaives, pliaient l'échine sous le fardeau des tentes ; ...
This word in other languages
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.