gargouiller
\ɡaʁ.ɡu.je\
The verdict
“gargouiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Produire des gargouillements ou des gargouillis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gargouiller · gargouiller · French
gargouiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | gargouiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.ɡu.je\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gargouiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡaʁ.ɡu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Produire des gargouillements ou des gargouillis.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gargouiller in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is gargouiller, spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Produire des gargouillements ou des gargouillis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gargouiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelques files d’arbres souffreteux suivent le lit où gargouille l’eau inutile.
De vrai, ça commençait à grimper assez dur. On ne savait plus guère où on mettait le pied, et on butait à chaque instant. Puis il y avait de plus en plus d’eau. Des filets invisibles gargouillaient un peu partout.
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.