ravigoter
\ʁa.vi.ɡɔ.te\
The verdict
“ravigoter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Redonner force ou vigueur à une personne ou à un animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravigoter · ravigoter · French
ravigoter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ravigoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.vi.ɡɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ravigoter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ravigoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.vi.ɡɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Redonner force ou vigueur à une personne ou à un animal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ravigoter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ravigoter, spelled R-A-V-I-G-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Redonner force ou vigueur à une personne ou à un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravigoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il arrive à la porte du Paradis. Il « toque » : « Qui est là ? dit saint Pierre. — C’est Rougecul. — Que viens-tu faire ? Je viens demander la charité. » Saint Pierre lui donne un sifflet qui faisait ravigoter les gens que l’on avait tué.
C'est le chabrol qui ravigote, Il est le plus grand des médecins, Il vous réchauffe le gosier Et brise le mal en morceaux.
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.