bégayer
\be.ɡe.je\
The verdict
“bégayer” is an uncommon French word, ranked #67,344 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #67,344
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Articuler mal les mots, les prononcer en hésitant et en répétant la même syllabe avant de prononcer celle qui suit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bégayer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \be.ɡe.je\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,344 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bégayer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bégayer is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \be.ɡe.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #67,344 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bégayer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 bégayer, spelled B-É-G-A-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Articuler mal les mots, les prononcer en hésitant et en répétant la même syllabe avant de prononcer celle qui suit.
- 2En parlant des petits enfants, arriver difficilement à articuler des mots à l'étape de l'apprentissage de la parole.
- 3Parler de quelque chose d’une manière très vague, très imparfaite.
- 4Reproduire les mêmes choses sans avancer.
- 5Commencer à apprendre à parler.
- 6Parler avec une voix mal assurée.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “bégayer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-É-G-A-Y-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \be.ɡe.je\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.