bâfrer
\bɑ.fʁe\
The verdict
“bâfrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manger avidement et avec excès.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bafrer · bâfrer · French
bâfrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bâfrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bɑ.fʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bâfrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bâfrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bɑ.fʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bâfrer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is bâfrer, spelled B-Â-F-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Manger avidement et avec excès.
- 2Manger quelque chose avidement et avec excès.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bâfrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parole d’honneur ! Ces fainéants ne savent que bâfrer, et moi, je crève la faim. Ainsi tous les ans, quelques-uns de ces goinfres prennent la fuite…
Ce mioche de misère qui, la moitié du temps manquait de pain, ce jour-là, on avait trouvé un énorme gâteau dans son panier… on aurait dû comprendre… Je me rappelle ; on en a coupé une douzaine de parts et même le mioche n’en a pas goûté, tellement il était content de voir bâfrer les autres, de faire le riche…
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.