ingurgitation

\ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ingurgitation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’ingurgiter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ingurgitation · ingurgitation · French

ingurgitation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" 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.

Key facts for ingurgitation
PropertyValue
Headwordingurgitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ingurgitation » en français

ingurgitationreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

ingurgitation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’ingurgiter.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ingurgitation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ingurgitation, spelled I-N-G-U-R-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’ingurgiter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ingurgitation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais d'abord, nierez-vous qu'en Bretagne des monomanes de l'ingurgitation absorbent par jour jusqu'à quatorze litres de cidre ?

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 "ingurgitation"?
"ingurgitation" is spelled I-N-G-U-R-G-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ingurgitation" mean?
As a noun, "ingurgitation" means: Action d’ingurgiter.
How do you pronounce "ingurgitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingurgitation" is \ɛ̃.ɡyʁ.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingurgitation" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list