turgide
\tyʁ.ʒid\
The verdict
“turgide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Bouffi, gonflé, enflé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-turgide · turgide · French
turgide · 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 "T" 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 | turgide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \tyʁ.ʒid\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
turgide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tyʁ.ʒid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bouffi, gonflé, enflé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for turgide in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is turgide, spelled T-U-R-G-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Bouffi, gonflé, enflé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how turgide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son teint de femme, la peau de ses oreilles, ses lèvres se gerçaient au moindre froid. Ses mains si molles, si blanches, devenaient rouges et turgides. Il s’enrhumait constamment.
La plus curieuse infatuation littéraire que j’ai vue est celle de Mario, bouffi, turgide d'orgueil des pièces qu’il n’a pas écrites.
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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.