bouffonner
\bu.fɔ.ne\
The verdict
“bouffonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire ou dire des bouffonneries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bouffonner · bouffonner · French
bouffonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | bouffonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bu.fɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bouffonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bouffonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bu.fɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire ou dire des bouffonneries.".
bouffonner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is bouffonner, spelled B-O-U-F-F-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire ou dire des bouffonneries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bouffonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet homme ne fait que bouffonner.
Ainsi bouffonnant, il poussait Fleurissoire au travers du vestibule, vers un jardin intérieur formant terrasse où, sous la treille, un repas était préparé.
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.