affûteuse
\a.fy.tøz\
The verdict
“affûteuse” 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 September 3, 2026) - Machine à affûter les outils.
Corpus desk
Index FR-affuteuse · affûteuse · French
affûteuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | affûteuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.fy.tøz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « affûteuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
affûteuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.fy.tøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Machine à affûter les outils.".
affûteuse has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is affûteuse, spelled A-F-F-Û-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Machine à affûter les outils.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how affûteuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Affûteuse à couteaux.
Affûteuse de broches.
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.