gargouillement
\ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“gargouillement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau dans une gargouille et qui est produit par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gargouillement · gargouillement · French
gargouillement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | gargouillement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gargouillement” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gargouillement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau dans une gargouille et qui est produit par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins.".
gargouillement has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gargouillement, spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau dans une gargouille et qui est produit par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gargouillement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le maître de chapelle eut à peine interrogé de l'archet la viole bourdonnante, qu'elle lui répondit par un gargouillement burlesque de lazzis et de roulades, comme si elle eût eu au ventre une indigestion de comédie italienne.
Hommes et femmes s'étreignaient : les hommes entre eux, les femmes entre elles, à de rares exceptions, et l'accordéon couvrait l'épaisse rumeur de son gargouillement.
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