déglutition
\de.ɡly.ti.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“déglutition” is uncommon French (frequency #55,221 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,221
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’avaler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-deglutition · déglutition · French
déglutition · rank #55,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,221
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH définissez
Nearest frequency peer: définissez (-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 « déglutition »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- décollement
décollement
44,783 corpus weight
- définissez
définissez
44,781 corpus weight
- déglutition
déglutition
44,780 corpus weight
- démangeaison
démangeaison
44,779 corpus weight
- Démare
Démare
44,778 corpus weight
- dénie
dénie
44,777 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « déglutition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | déglutition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ɡly.ti.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « déglutition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
déglutition is uncommon French at frequency #55,221 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ɡly.ti.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’avaler.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for déglutition in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 déglutition, spelled D-É-G-L-U-T-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’avaler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how déglutition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Point de mastication vraie, puisqu'il manque de dents, ni d'insalivation, puisqu'il manque de glandes salivaires. La déglutition ne s'opère que paupières jointes et bouche close.
Pour empêcher cette déglutition imprudente, on a substitué aux fèves des petits bébés en porcelaine moins avalables, mais fort désagréables pour les dents !
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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