snuffle
/ˈsnʌfəl/
"snuffle" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“snuffle” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-snuffle · snuffle · English
snuffle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | snuffle |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsnʌfəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “snuffle” in English
Rare enough to double-check
snuffle is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈsnʌfəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for snuffle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English. The correct English form is snuffle, spelled S-N-U-F-F-L-E.
Definition
- 1To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
- 2To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how snuffle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
Etymology
Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English.
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.