mégoter
\me.ɡɔ.te\
The verdict
“mégoter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Négocier sur des détails inutiles (des mégots, métaphoriquement parlant), vouloir économiser mesquinement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megoter · mégoter · French
mégoter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mégoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.ɡɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mégoter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mégoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \me.ɡɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Négocier sur des détails inutiles (des mégots, métaphoriquement parlant), vouloir économiser mesquinement.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mégoter, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mégoter, spelled M-É-G-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Négocier sur des détails inutiles (des mégots, métaphoriquement parlant), vouloir économiser mesquinement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mégoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’organisation [au Qatar] est bonne, la sécurité est bonne, ne mégotons pas sur notre plaisir.
Dans le jargon militaire, cette cérémonie a pour nom «l’adieu aux armes» et, en pareilles circonstances, on ne mégote pas sur l’intendance. Réception et discours se tiennent sur le tarmac de l’aéroport de Villacoublay (Yvelines) et l’événement se clôture par le survol d’avions militaires.
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.