bouffer la tête
\bu.fe la tɛt\
The verdict
“bouffer la tête” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Embrouiller, mener sur une fausse piste.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bouffer la tête |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.fe la tɛt\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bouffer la tête” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bouffer la tête is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.fe la tɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Embrouiller, mener sur une fausse piste.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bouffer la tête, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bouffer la tête, spelled B-O-U-F-F-E-R- -L-A- -T-Ê-T-E.
Definition
- 1Embrouiller, mener sur une fausse piste.
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 tête”
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- -T-Ê-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu.fe la tɛt\ (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.