rogaton
\ʁɔ.ɡa.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“rogaton” 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) - Menu débris de nourriture ; reste de viande.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rogaton · rogaton · French
rogaton · 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 "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 | rogaton |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɔ.ɡa.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rogaton » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rogaton is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɔ.ɡa.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rogaton, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 rogaton, spelled R-O-G-A-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Menu débris de nourriture ; reste de viande.
- 2Plat composé de choses qui ont déjà été servies.
- 3Petit ouvrage sans valeur, morceau qui ressemble à des rognures, à des restes.
- 4Bribe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rogaton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis un fait notoire : dans un quartier besogneux, les enfants sont plus privés de soupe que de confiserie. Parfaitement : il est de mode, par exemple, de faire déjeuner un mioche avec un rogaton douteux, une bribe insuffisante, mais de lui donner deux sous pour acheter des bonbons.
— Sans doute, répliqua l’évêque, s’il était resté encore dans ton bissac quelques rogatons, nous les eussions pris avec plaisir, car il convient que ceux qui gouvernent l’Église se nourrissent du rebut des pauvres.
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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.