digesteur

\di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\

/\di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“digesteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réacteur qui produit du biogaz grâce à la digestion anaérobie des matières organiques.

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Index FR-digesteur · digesteur · French

digesteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for digesteur
PropertyValue
Headworddigesteur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « digesteur » en français

digesteurreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

digesteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for digesteur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is digesteur, spelled D-I-G-E-S-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réacteur qui produit du biogaz grâce à la digestion anaérobie des matières organiques.
  2. 2
    Appareil dans lequel on fait bouillir dans l'eau ou d'autres liquides, une substance afin d'en extraire les parties solubles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’année prochaine, on va utiliser un digesteur, explique le propriétaire. Avec les déchets organiques, cela produira du gaz que l’on pourra utiliser.
  2. SEPTIÉME EXPÉRIENCE, Qui démontre le pouvoir dissolvant du digesteur ; instrument inventé pour diriger tout à la fois l’action de l’eau, de l’air & de la chaleur sur une matière quelconque dans un degré très fort.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "digesteur"?
"digesteur" is spelled D-I-G-E-S-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\.
What does "digesteur" mean?
As a noun, "digesteur" means: Réacteur qui produit du biogaz grâce à la digestion anaérobie des matières organiques.
How do you pronounce "digesteur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "digesteur" is \di.ʒɛs.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "digesteur" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list