bouffait

\bu.fɛ\

/\bu.fɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“bouffait” is uncommon French (frequency #72,971 among 4,251 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,971
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-bouffait · bouffait · French

bouffait · rank #72,971 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,971
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH bouclent

Nearest frequency peer: bouclent (-1 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 « bouffait »

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 « bouffait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bouffait
PropertyValue
Headwordbouffait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\bu.fɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,971
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « bouffait » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.bouffaittombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « bouclent » (#72,970), « Borduas » (#72,969), « bougeront » (#72,973). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « bouffait » est au #72,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bouffait is uncommon French at frequency #72,971 among 4,251 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe bouffer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for bouffait in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is bouffait, spelled B-O-U-F-F-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe bouffer.

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 "bouffait"?
"bouffait" is spelled B-O-U-F-F-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \bu.fɛ\.
What does "bouffait" mean?
As a verb, "bouffait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe bouffer.
How do you pronounce "bouffait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bouffait" is \bu.fɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list