-sɛ́ngɛ
\ˈsɛ˥.ᵑɡɛ˩\
The verdict
“-sɛ́ngɛ” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Demander pour avoir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-ng · -sɛ́ngɛ · French
-sɛ́ngɛ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" 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 | -sɛ́ngɛ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈsɛ˥.ᵑɡɛ˩\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « -sɛ́ngɛ » en français
Rare enough to double-check
-sɛ́ngɛ is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈsɛ˥.ᵑɡɛ˩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demander pour avoir.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for -sɛ́ngɛ, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is -sɛ́ngɛ, spelled --S-Ɛ-́-N-G-Ɛ.
Definition
- 1Demander pour avoir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -sɛ́ngɛ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
moto óyo asɛ́ngí — le requérant (la personne qui demande)
Nasɛ́ngí ndingisa na mamá. ‒ Je demande la permission à maman.
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.