flageoler
\fla.ʒɔ.le\
The verdict
“flageoler” 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) - Chanceler, avoir une marche mal assurée, les jambes tremblantes par suite d’émotion, de faiblesse, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-flageoler · flageoler · French
flageoler · 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 "F" 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 | flageoler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fla.ʒɔ.le\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
flageoler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fla.ʒɔ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chanceler, avoir une marche mal assurée, les jambes tremblantes par suite d’émotion, de faiblesse, etc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for flageoler in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is flageoler, spelled F-L-A-G-E-O-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Chanceler, avoir une marche mal assurée, les jambes tremblantes par suite d’émotion, de faiblesse, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flageoler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les jambes lui flageolaient, il fut obligé de s’asseoir.
— Se pourrait-il que certains fonctionnaires du Département d’État aient les guibolles qui flageolent ? s’interrogea Maga.
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.