bête à bouffer du foin

\bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\

/\bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“bête à bouffer du foin” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - 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) - Variante de bête à manger du foin

Key facts for bête à bouffer du foin
PropertyValue
Headwordbête à bouffer du foin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\
Letters22
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bête à bouffer du foin” sits in French frequency

bête à bouffer du foin falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for bête à bouffer du foin is 22 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\. 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: "Variante de bête à manger du foin".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for bête à bouffer du foin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 bête à bouffer du foin, spelled B-Ê-T-E- -À- -B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -D-U- -F-O-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de bête à manger du foin

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bête à bouffer du foin"?
"bête à bouffer du foin" is spelled B-Ê-T-E- -À- -B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -D-U- -F-O-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\.
What does "bête à bouffer du foin" mean?
As an adjective, "bête à bouffer du foin" means: Variante de bête à manger du foin
How do you pronounce "bête à bouffer du foin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bête à bouffer du foin" is \bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bête à bouffer du foin" come from?
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Using “bête à bouffer du foin”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is B-Ê-T-E- -À- -B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -D-U- -F-O-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \bɛ.t‿a bu.fe dy fwɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list