gargotier
\ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje\
The verdict
“gargotier” 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) - Celui qui tient une gargote.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gargotier · gargotier · French
gargotier · 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 "G" 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 | gargotier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gargotier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.ɡɔ.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for gargotier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 gargotier, spelled G-A-R-G-O-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui tient une gargote.
- 2Mauvais cuisinier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gargotier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’heure du dîner, il était entré chez le gargotier où les ouvriers avaient l’habitude de prendre leurs repas.
Le repas du soir, servi maigrement par un gargotier patriote, se prenait en commun.
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.