dégelée
\de.ʒ(ə).le\
The verdict
“dégelée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volée de coups, raclée, trempe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-degelee · dégelée · French
dégelée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dégelée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ʒ(ə).le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « dégelée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
dégelée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ʒ(ə).le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dégelée, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dégelée, spelled D-É-G-E-L-É-E.
Definition
- 1Volée de coups, raclée, trempe.
- 2Échec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dégelée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Reconnu et signalé, j’avais été porté en avant. C’était beaucoup d’honneur, mais quelle dégelée ! Rien n’y a manqué : coups de bottes dans les reins, coups de pommeau de sabre dans les côtes… et allez donc, l’insurgé !
Les Camelots de l’i grec te vous les coincent savamment, comme à la chasse à courre, leur collent une sévère dégelée devant les ferronneries obstinément closes et balancent les paquets de journaux à l’égout, à moins qu’ils n’allument un feu de joie.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.