dégotter

A less common variant spelling of dégoter — to dig up, unearth, or track down something hard to find (a bargain, a rare item, an opportunity). Both spellings are used interchangeably in casual speech, though dégoter is by far the more common in print.

• Il a dégotté un poste dans une start-up. — He landed a job at a startup.
• Où as-tu dégotté cette veste vintage? — Where did you dig up that vintage jacket?
• Elle a dégotté une place de parking juste devant. — She found a parking spot right out front.

Dictionaries and most published French default to the single-t spelling dégoter — using dégotter isn't wrong, but a learner citing this form in formal writing risks looking inconsistent, since the two spellings aren't taught side by side.

Often confused with dégoter.