affamer

\a.fa.me\

/\a.fa.me\/ verb

The verdict

“affamer” is uncommon French (frequency #55,722 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,722
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réduire à la faim par la suppression des vivres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-affamer · affamer · French

affamer · rank #55,722 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,722
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH afa

Nearest frequency peer: afa (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « affamer »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « affamer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for affamer
PropertyValue
Headwordaffamer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.fa.me\
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,722
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « affamer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).affamertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « afa » (#55,721), « affichages » (#55,723), « adorateur » (#55,720). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « affamer » est au #55,722. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

affamer is uncommon French at frequency #55,722 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.fa.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for affamer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is affamer, spelled A-F-F-A-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réduire à la faim par la suppression des vivres.
  2. 2
    Terminer une moulure par un arrêt arrondi, droit ou en biais, celle ci ne va donc pas jusqu'au mur ou au sol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how affamer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nul n'oserait contester que, depuis 1918, les spéculations sur les denrées alimentaires ont été générales et sans frein. Le public se doute bien un peu qu'on l’affame et que les hauts prix maintenus malgré toutes les tentatives sont factices. Mais qui accuser ?
  2. Son gendre avait de plus en plus faim car il essayait de l'affamer jusqu'à la mort.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "affamer"?
"affamer" is spelled A-F-F-A-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.fa.me\.
What does "affamer" mean?
As a verb, "affamer" means: Réduire à la faim par la suppression des vivres.
How do you pronounce "affamer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "affamer" is \a.fa.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "affamer" come from?
"affamer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "affamer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list