vergammeln
\fɛɐ̯ˈɡaml̩n\
The verdict
“vergammeln” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pourrir, se dégrader (Avec l’auxiliaire sein).
Corpus desk
Index FR-vergammeln · vergammeln · French
vergammeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vergammeln |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈɡaml̩n\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vergammeln is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈɡaml̩n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vergammeln, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vergammeln, spelled V-E-R-G-A-M-M-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Pourrir, se dégrader (Avec l’auxiliaire sein).
- 2Gaspiller (Avec l’auxiliaire haben)
- 3Se clochardiser (Avec l’auxiliaire sein).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vergammeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um etwa 30 000 Tonnen vergammelte Tomaten, angefaulte Salatköpfe und anderen Abfall aus der Biotonne in der Anlage zu entsorgen, erhielt die Firma Ganser als Betreiber vom Landkreis eine pauschale Vergütung von mindestens 1,7 Millionen Euro brutto pro Jahr.
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.