glouglouter

\ɡlu.ɡlu.te\

/\ɡlu.ɡlu.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“glouglouter” 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 May 6, 2026) - Faire entendre son cri, en parlant du dindon.

Key facts for glouglouter
PropertyValue
Headwordglouglouter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡlu.ɡlu.te\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “glouglouter” sits in French frequency

glouglouter falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

glouglouter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡlu.ɡlu.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

glouglouter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is glouglouter, spelled G-L-O-U-G-L-O-U-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire entendre son cri, en parlant du dindon.
  2. 2
    Faire un bruit de glouglou, en parlant d’un liquide.
  3. 3
    Boire.

This word in other languages

gobble(English)gorgotear(Español)kollern(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "glouglouter"?
"glouglouter" is spelled G-L-O-U-G-L-O-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡlu.ɡlu.te\.
What does "glouglouter" mean?
As a verb, "glouglouter" means: Faire entendre son cri, en parlant du dindon.
How do you pronounce "glouglouter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "glouglouter" is \ɡlu.ɡlu.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "glouglouter" come from?
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Using “glouglouter”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is G-L-O-U-G-L-O-U-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɡlu.ɡlu.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list