congédie
\kɔ̃.ʒe.di\
The verdict
“congédie” is uncommon French (frequency #68,935 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,935
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de congédier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-congedie · congédie · French
congédie · rank #68,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,935
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH concevait
Nearest frequency peer: concevait (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « congédie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- compliance
compliance
31,070 corpus weight
- concern
concern
31,068 corpus weight
- concevait
concevait
31,067 corpus weight
- congédie
congédie
31,066 corpus weight
- consacrez
consacrez
31,065 corpus weight
- consolidant
consolidant
31,064 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « congédie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congédie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ʒe.di\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « congédie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
congédie is uncommon French at frequency #68,935 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.ʒe.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for congédie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is congédie, spelled C-O-N-G-É-D-I-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de congédier.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de congédier.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de congédier.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de congédier.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de congédier.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).