gazouiller
\ɡa.zu.je\
The verdict
“gazouiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire entendre un chant léger et agréable, en parlant des petits oiseaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gazouiller · gazouiller · French
gazouiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | gazouiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡa.zu.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gazouiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gazouiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡa.zu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gazouiller, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 gazouiller, spelled G-A-Z-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire entendre un chant léger et agréable, en parlant des petits oiseaux.
- 2Faire entendre le bruit que font les bébés avec leur bouche.
- 3Bruit que font les petits ruisseaux en coulant sur les cailloux.
- 4Envoyer un message sur le réseau social commercial Twitter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gazouiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le latin le suit dans tous ses progrès. Le sens de minurire serait mitoner, dont on a détourné la signification ; on pourrait aussi bien créer le terme de mirliter, par honneur pour le mirliton. Tinnire appellerait tinter, ou peut-être tinrelintiner. Fringulire a trouvé son équivalent dans fringotter. Tous les autres verbes peuvent se partager entre fredo…
Un ramier s’échappait des cimes, de petits oiseaux gazouillaient une timide chanson d’automne […]
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.