allégir

\a.le.ʒiʁ\

/\a.le.ʒiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diminuer dans toutes les dimensions le volume d'un corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-allegir · allégir · French

allégir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 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.

Key facts for allégir
PropertyValue
Headwordallégir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.le.ʒiʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “allégir” sits in French frequency

allégir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French 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

allégir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.le.ʒiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for allégir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is allégir, spelled A-L-L-É-G-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diminuer dans toutes les dimensions le volume d'un corps.
  2. 2
    Alléger sans diminution de substance. L'allégie de l'être — (Le dictionnaire Martin Heidegger, article Existence p 467, Cerf, 2013)
  3. 3
    Rendre un cheval plus léger à l’avant ou à l’arrière grâce la position du corps du cavalier.
  4. 4
    Variante de alléger.

Synonyms

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "allégir"?
"allégir" is spelled A-L-L-É-G-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.le.ʒiʁ\.
What does "allégir" mean?
As a verb, "allégir" means: Diminuer dans toutes les dimensions le volume d'un corps.
How do you pronounce "allégir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "allégir" is \a.le.ʒiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "allégir" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list