berlaffe
\bɛʁ.laf\
The verdict
“berlaffe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Forte gifle, grosse claque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-berlaffe · berlaffe · French
berlaffe · 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 | berlaffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bɛʁ.laf\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « berlaffe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
berlaffe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bɛʁ.laf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forte gifle, grosse claque.".
berlaffe has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is berlaffe, spelled B-E-R-L-A-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Forte gifle, grosse claque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how berlaffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Son père lui a mis une sacrée berlaffe !
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.