dégustant
\de.ɡys.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“dégustant” is uncommon French (frequency #70,567 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,567
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe présent de déguster.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dégustant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.ɡys.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dégustant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dégustant is uncommon French at frequency #70,567 among 404,891 “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
- 1Participe présent de déguster.
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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Using “dégustant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-G-U-S-T-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ɡys.tɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.