sarigue

\sa.ʁiɡ\

/\sa.ʁiɡ\/ noun

The verdict

“sarigue” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petit mammifère à longue queue préhensile de l’ordre des marsupiaux. La femelle porte les petits sur son dos lorsqu'ils sont sortis de sa poche ventrale.

Key facts for sarigue
PropertyValue
Headwordsarigue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sa.ʁiɡ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sarigue” sits in French frequency

sarigue falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sarigue is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sa.ʁiɡ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Petit mammifère à longue queue préhensile de l’ordre des marsupiaux. La femelle porte les petits sur son dos lorsqu'ils sont sortis de sa poche ventrale.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sarigue, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sarigue, spelled S-A-R-I-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit mammifère à longue queue préhensile de l’ordre des marsupiaux. La femelle porte les petits sur son dos lorsqu'ils sont sortis de sa poche ventrale.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sarigue"?
"sarigue" is spelled S-A-R-I-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sa.ʁiɡ\.
What does "sarigue" mean?
As a noun, "sarigue" means: Petit mammifère à longue queue préhensile de l’ordre des marsupiaux. La femelle porte les petits sur son dos lorsqu'ils sont sortis de sa poche ventrale.
How do you pronounce "sarigue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sarigue" is \sa.ʁiɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sarigue" come from?
"sarigue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “sarigue”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-A-R-I-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sa.ʁiɡ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list