bafouer
\ba.fwe\
The verdict
“bafouer” is uncommon French (frequency #52,506 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,506
- frequency rank, French
- 4,251
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traiter quelqu’un ou quelque chose avec une moquerie outrageante ou dédaigneuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bafouer · bafouer · French
bafouer · rank #52,506 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,506
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,251
- PHOTO-FINISH backstage
Nearest frequency peer: backstage (-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 « bafouer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Aylmer
Aylmer
47,498 corpus weight
- aéroportée
aéroportée
47,497 corpus weight
- backstage
backstage
47,496 corpus weight
- bafouer
bafouer
47,495 corpus weight
- balancée
balancée
47,494 corpus weight
- Balavoine
Balavoine
47,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bafouer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bafouer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.fwe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bafouer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bafouer is uncommon French at frequency #52,506 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.fwe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Traiter quelqu’un ou quelque chose avec une moquerie outrageante ou dédaigneuse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for bafouer, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 bafouer, spelled B-A-F-O-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Traiter quelqu’un ou quelque chose avec une moquerie outrageante ou dédaigneuse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bafouer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Presque toujours, les règles étaient respectées alors qu’elles étaient ensuite bafouées au cours du repas (plats sous vide ou décongelés, vins exécrables, fromages synthétiques achetés à la grande surface d’à côté).
S’il reste aux républicains un brin ou deux de décence, ils exprimeront ouvertement leur désaveu pour l’homme indigne qui salit sa fonction et bafoue les règles.
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.
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