gargouillis
\ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji\
The verdict
“gargouillis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bruit que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gargouillis · gargouillis · French
gargouillis · 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 | gargouillis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gargouillis” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gargouillis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gargouillis, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 gargouillis, spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Bruit que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille.
- 2Gargouillement, bruits produits par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins.
- 3Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille.
- 4Bruit que fait l’eau qui bouillonne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gargouillis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pipe de Maigret émettait un gargouillis si énervant que le commissaire prit une botte de plumes de poulet dans un tiroir, nettoya le tuyau, ouvrit le poêle, où il lança les plumes sales.
D’un geste d’automate, elles puisent une à une les pièces dans le seau en plastique – c’est drôle, ce petit seau pour faire joujou au sable qui devient joujou à être vieux devant les gargouillis des machines.
Synonyms
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