balafrer
\ba.la.fʁe\
The verdict
“balafrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Blesser en faisant une balafre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-balafrer · balafrer · French
balafrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | balafrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ba.la.fʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « balafrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
balafrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ba.la.fʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for balafrer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is balafrer, spelled B-A-L-A-F-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Blesser en faisant une balafre.
- 2Traverser longitudinalement, à la manière d’une balafre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how balafrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Balafrer quelqu’un.
Qui l’a ainsi balafré ?
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.