narghilé
\naʁ.ɡi.le\
The verdict
“narghilé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de narguilé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-narghile · narghilé · French
narghilé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | narghilé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \naʁ.ɡi.le\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
narghilé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \naʁ.ɡi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de narguilé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for narghilé in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is narghilé, spelled N-A-R-G-H-I-L-É.
Definition
- 1Variante de narguilé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how narghilé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaque soir, on nous trouve, comme deux bons Orientaux, fumant notre narguilhé sous les platanes d’un café turc.
Ali, silencieux et attentif, apporta le tabac et les narghilés, servir le café et disparut.
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.