bouffer la grenouille
\bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\
The verdict
“bouffer la grenouille” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de manger la grenouille : S’approprier l’argent d’autrui, que l’on a en garde, pour le dilapider.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouffer la grenouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bouffer la grenouille” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bouffer la grenouille is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for bouffer la grenouille in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is bouffer la grenouille, spelled B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -L-A- -G-R-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de manger la grenouille : S’approprier l’argent d’autrui, que l’on a en garde, pour le dilapider.
- 2Faire faillite.
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.
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Using “bouffer la grenouille”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -L-A- -G-R-E-N-O-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.