avoir le gosier en pente

verb

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The verdict

“avoir le gosier en pente” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
24
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Boire beaucoup d’alcool.

Key facts for avoir le gosier en pente
PropertyValue
Headwordavoir le gosier en pente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters24
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “avoir le gosier en pente” sits in French frequency

avoir le gosier en pente 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.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for avoir le gosier en pente is 24 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Boire beaucoup d’alcool.".

No misspelling variants are generated for avoir le gosier en pente in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir le gosier en pente, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-O-S-I-E-R- -E-N- -P-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boire beaucoup d’alcool.

Synonyms

s’enivrer

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 "avoir le gosier en pente"?
"avoir le gosier en pente" is spelled A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-O-S-I-E-R- -E-N- -P-E-N-T-E.
What does "avoir le gosier en pente" mean?
As a verb, "avoir le gosier en pente" means: Boire beaucoup d’alcool.
What language does "avoir le gosier en pente" come from?
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Using “avoir le gosier en pente”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -L-E- -G-O-S-I-E-R- -E-N- -P-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list