catgut
\kat.ɡœt\
The verdict
“catgut” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fil de suture résorbable fabriqué à partir d'intestins d'animaux. En France son emploi est interdit en chirurgie depuis 2001 à cause de cette origine animale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-catgut · catgut · French
catgut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | catgut |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kat.ɡœt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
catgut is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kat.ɡœt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fil de suture résorbable fabriqué à partir d'intestins d'animaux. En France son emploi est interdit en chirurgie depuis 2001 à cause de cette origine animale.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for catgut in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is catgut, spelled C-A-T-G-U-T.
Definition
- 1Fil de suture résorbable fabriqué à partir d'intestins d'animaux. En France son emploi est interdit en chirurgie depuis 2001 à cause de cette origine animale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how catgut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs chirurgiens n’ont pas ajouté foi au fait qu’une substance morte comme le catgut puisse être absorbée.
Mais la main de l’aide tremblait en approchant le catgut.
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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.