délèguent

\de.lɛɡ\

/\de.lɛɡ\/ verb

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The verdict

“délèguent” is uncommon French (frequency #85,668 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,668
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe déléguer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deleguent · délèguent · French

délèguent · rank #85,668 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,668
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH démontraient

Nearest frequency peer: démontraient (+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 « délèguent »

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 « délèguent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for délèguent
PropertyValue
Headworddélèguent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.lɛɡ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,668
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « délèguent » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « démontraient » (#85,669), « déités » (#85,666), « défiait » (#85,665). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délèguent » est au #85,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

délèguent is uncommon French at frequency #85,668 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.lɛɡ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for délèguent, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is délèguent, spelled D-É-L-È-G-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe déléguer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe déléguer.

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 "délèguent"?
"délèguent" is spelled D-É-L-È-G-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.lɛɡ\.
What does "délèguent" mean?
As a verb, "délèguent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe déléguer.
How do you pronounce "délèguent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délèguent" is \de.lɛɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délèguent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list