déglutir
\de.ɡly.tiʁ\
The verdict
“déglutir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avaler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deglutir · déglutir · French
déglutir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | déglutir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ɡly.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déglutir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déglutir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ɡly.tiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avaler.".
déglutir doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 déglutir, spelled D-É-G-L-U-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Avaler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how déglutir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On conseille également de déglutir, ce qui pour des variations de pression de cet ordre est souvent suffisant.
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.