ahuri

\a.y.ʁi\

/\a.y.ʁi\/ adj

The verdict

“ahuri” is uncommon French (frequency #55,037 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,037
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est pantois, stupéfait, déconcerté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ahuri · ahuri · French

ahuri · rank #55,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,037
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH agua

Nearest frequency peer: agua (-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 « ahuri »

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 « ahuri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ahuri
PropertyValue
Headwordahuri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.y.ʁi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ahuri » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ahuritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « agua » (#55,036), « aigrie » (#55,038), « affrontaient » (#55,035). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ahuri » est au #55,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ahuri is uncommon French at frequency #55,037 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.y.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ahuri, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ahuri, spelled A-H-U-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est pantois, stupéfait, déconcerté.
  2. 2
    Qui est ou paraît stupide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La société [de M. Genès] nous était devenue tout à fait intolérable. […] la mesure était comble, nous en étions ahuris, abrutis.
  2. “Sur ma foi, se dit Passepartout, un peu ahuri tout d’abord, j’ai connu chez Mme Tussaud des bonshommes aussi vivants que mon nouveau maîtr”

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 "ahuri"?
"ahuri" is spelled A-H-U-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \a.y.ʁi\.
What does "ahuri" mean?
As an adjective, "ahuri" means: Qui est pantois, stupéfait, déconcerté.
How do you pronounce "ahuri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ahuri" is \a.y.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ahuri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list