digresser
\di.ɡʁe.se\
The verdict
“digresser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Faire des digressions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-digresser · digresser · French
digresser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | digresser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \di.ɡʁe.se\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « digresser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
digresser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \di.ɡʁe.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire des digressions.".
digresser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is digresser, spelled D-I-G-R-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire des digressions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how digresser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’embrouille, je digresse, je semble mépriser les événements.
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.