bouffer la grenouille
\bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\
The verdict
“bouffer la grenouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de manger la grenouille : S’approprier l’argent d’autrui, que l’on a en garde, pour le dilapider.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouffer-la-grenouille · bouffer la grenouille · French
bouffer la grenouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouffer la grenouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouffer la grenouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.fe la ɡʁə.nuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how bouffer la grenouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est en train de bouffer la grenouille. Je connais les banques. Ça paye pas bézef !
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.