patauger
\pa.to.ʒe\
The verdict
“patauger” is uncommon French (frequency #63,984 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,984
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marcher dans une eau bourbeuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-patauger · patauger · French
patauger · rank #63,984 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,984
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH parodier
Nearest frequency peer: parodier (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « patauger »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- parasitaires
parasitaires
36,021 corpus weight
- pardonnable
pardonnable
36,020 corpus weight
- parodier
parodier
36,019 corpus weight
- patauger
patauger
36,017 corpus weight
- patricien
patricien
36,015 corpus weight
- peiner
peiner
36,014 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « patauger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patauger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pa.to.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « patauger » en français
Rare enough to double-check
patauger is uncommon French at frequency #63,984 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pa.to.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for patauger in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is patauger, spelled P-A-T-A-U-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Marcher dans une eau bourbeuse.
- 2S'amuser dans une eau peu profonde en la faisant éclabousser.
- 3S’embarrasser dans un raisonnement, dans un discours, dans une affaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how patauger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tournant sur le tronc, il fit tout de même demi-tour en reposant le pied libre ; mais pendant qu’il dépêtrait l’autre, le premier se réenfonçait de nouveau, de sorte qu’il déployait de surhumains efforts à patauger sur place, […].
Nous sommes forcés d’aller au pas d’abord, et puis de descendre de cheval, abandonnant nos bêtes à leur inspiration personnelle pour ne nous occuper que de nous-mêmes. — Cela dure plus d’une heure ; nous perdons un temps précieux à patauger là dedans.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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