Negligé
\neɡliˈʒeː\
The verdict
“Negligé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Négligé, déshabillé, nuisette tenue légère et décontractée portée par les femmes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neglige · Negligé · French
Negligé · 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 "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 | Negligé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \neɡliˈʒeː\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Negligé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \neɡliˈʒeː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Négligé, déshabillé, nuisette tenue légère et décontractée portée par les femmes.".
Negligé has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 Negligé, spelled N-E-G-L-I-G-É.
Definition
- 1Négligé, déshabillé, nuisette tenue légère et décontractée portée par les femmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Negligé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Frau saß im Negligé auf das Sofa.
Synonyms
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.