bluffe

\blœf\

/\blœf\/ verb

The verdict

“bluffe” is uncommon French (frequency #74,606 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,606
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bluffer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-bluffe · bluffe · French

bluffe · rank #74,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,606
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bipèdes

Nearest frequency peer: bipèdes (-2 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 « bluffe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « bluffe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bluffe
PropertyValue
Headwordbluffe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\blœf\
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bluffe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).bluffetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « bipèdes » (#74,604), « bosseurs » (#74,608), « binks » (#74,603). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bluffe » est au #74,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bluffe is uncommon French at frequency #74,606 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \blœf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for bluffe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is bluffe, spelled B-L-U-F-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bluffer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bluffer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe bluffer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe bluffer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe bluffer.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bluffe"?
"bluffe" is spelled B-L-U-F-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \blœf\.
What does "bluffe" mean?
As a verb, "bluffe" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe bluffer.
How do you pronounce "bluffe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bluffe" is \blœf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bluffe" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bluffe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list