dégustant

\de.ɡys.tɑ̃\

/\de.ɡys.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“dégustant” is uncommon French (frequency #70,567 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,567
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de déguster.

Corpus desk

Index FR-degustant · dégustant · French

dégustant · rank #70,567 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,567
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dégueuler

Nearest frequency peer: dégueuler (-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 « dégustant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « dégustant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for dégustant
PropertyValue
Headworddégustant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ɡys.tɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#70,567
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « dégustant » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.dégustanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « dégueuler » (#70,566), « dégustez » (#70,568), « dégradantes » (#70,565). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dégustant » est au #70,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

dégustant is uncommon French at frequency #70,567 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.ɡys.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de déguster.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dégustant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dégustant, spelled D-É-G-U-S-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de déguster.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dégustant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Si tu crois que je veux moisir sur la plume de Beauce, en dégustant des oranges à cochons !

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dégustant"?
"dégustant" is spelled D-É-G-U-S-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ɡys.tɑ̃\.
What does "dégustant" mean?
As a verb, "dégustant" means: Participe présent de déguster.
How do you pronounce "dégustant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dégustant" is \de.ɡys.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dégustant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dégustant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dégueuler#70,566défausser#70,562défaillir#70,561déménagez#70,574

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list