égorgée

\e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\

/\e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\/ noun

The verdict

“égorgée” is uncommon French (frequency #67,987 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,987
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle que l’on a égorgé, qui fut victime d’un égorgement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-egorgee · égorgée · French

égorgée · rank #67,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,987
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH écumer

Nearest frequency peer: écumer (-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 « égorgée »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for égorgée
PropertyValue
Headwordégorgée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,987
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « égorgée » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « écumer » (#67,986), « égrène » (#67,988), « échelonne » (#67,985). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « égorgée » est au #67,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

égorgée is uncommon French at frequency #67,987 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celle que l’on a égorgé, qui fut victime d’un égorgement.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for égorgée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is égorgée, spelled É-G-O-R-G-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle que l’on a égorgé, qui fut victime d’un égorgement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Outre les assassinées, les égorgées, les fusillées, les outragées, 1 051 femmes, selon le rapport officiel, furent déférées au conseil de guerre.

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 "égorgée"?
"égorgée" is spelled É-G-O-R-G-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\.
What does "égorgée" mean?
As a noun, "égorgée" means: Celle que l’on a égorgé, qui fut victime d’un égorgement.
How do you pronounce "égorgée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "égorgée" is \e.ɡɔʁ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list