avoir une faim de loup
\a.vwa.ʁ‿yn fɛ̃ də lu\
The verdict
“avoir une faim de loup” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir un très gros appétit, être très affamé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | avoir une faim de loup |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.vwa.ʁ‿yn fɛ̃ də lu\ |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “avoir une faim de loup” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for avoir une faim de loup is 22 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.vwa.ʁ‿yn fɛ̃ də lu\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avoir un très gros appétit, être très affamé.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for avoir une faim de loup in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is avoir une faim de loup, spelled A-V-O-I-R- -U-N-E- -F-A-I-M- -D-E- -L-O-U-P.
Definition
- 1Avoir un très gros appétit, être très affamé.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “avoir une faim de loup”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-V-O-I-R- -U-N-E- -F-A-I-M- -D-E- -L-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.vwa.ʁ‿yn fɛ̃ də lu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.