negliger
\ne.ɡli.ˈʒɛr\
The verdict
“negliger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Négliger.
Corpus desk
Index FR-negliger · negliger · French
negliger · 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 | negliger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ne.ɡli.ˈʒɛr\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « negliger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
negliger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ne.ɡli.ˈʒɛr\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Négliger.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for negliger, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is negliger, spelled N-E-G-L-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Négliger.
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.