ziggourat
\zi.ɡu.ʁat\
The verdict
“ziggourat” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Édifice religieux mésopotamien en forme de pyramide à étages, dont la fonction demeure floue même s’il s’agirait plutôt d’un lieu de cultes et de sacrifices, qui comportait un sanctuaire. C’est à p...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ziggourat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \zi.ɡu.ʁat\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ziggourat” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ziggourat is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \zi.ɡu.ʁat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Édifice religieux mésopotamien en forme de pyramide à étages, dont la fonction demeure floue même s’il s’agirait plutôt d’un lieu de cultes et de sacrifices, qui comportait un sanctuaire. C’est à p...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ziggourat, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ziggourat, spelled Z-I-G-G-O-U-R-A-T.
Definition
- 1Édifice religieux mésopotamien en forme de pyramide à étages, dont la fonction demeure floue même s’il s’agirait plutôt d’un lieu de cultes et de sacrifices, qui comportait un sanctuaire. C’est à partir de trois plates-formes que ce genre d’édifices est appelé ziggourat, le maximum étant de sept niveaux.
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.
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Using “ziggourat”
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- The one correct French spelling is Z-I-G-G-O-U-R-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \zi.ɡu.ʁat\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.