buffle

\byfl\

/\byfl\/ noun

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The verdict

“buffle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,717
frequency rank, French
4,251
“B” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de bovidés sauvages ou domestiques des genres Bubalus et Syncerus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-buffle · buffle · French

buffle · rank #32,717 · 7 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,717
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,251
  • PHOTO-FINISH brûlait

Nearest frequency peer: brûlait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « buffle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « buffle » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

buffle vs bulle
67% similar
buffle vs Buffon
50% similar
buffle vs bundle
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for buffle
PropertyValue
Headwordbuffle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\byfl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,717
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « buffle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).bufflese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brûlait » (#32,716), « bureautique » (#32,718), « bron » (#32,715). Parmi 4,251 lemmes en « B », « buffle » est au #32,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around buffle (IPA \byfl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,717 among 4,251 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for buffle, with forms such as "bbuffle", "bfufle", and "buffel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "bulle", "Buffon", "bundle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is buffle, spelled B-U-F-F-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de bovidés sauvages ou domestiques des genres Bubalus et Syncerus.
  2. 2
    Peau du buffle et de quelques autres animaux préparée comme le chamois.
  3. 3
    Pièce d’une machine, fabriquée avec cette peau.
  4. 4
    Disque utilisé pour le polissage, constitué initialement de rondelles de cuir de buffle ou de bœuf accolées (et aujourd’hui généralement d’autres matières).
  5. 5
    Justaucorps en cuir de buffle que portaient les gens de guerre en guise de cuirasse.
  6. 6
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est rarement représenté entier contrairement au bœuf et au taureau mais plutôt sous la forme d'un rencontre. Il se distingue par l’anneau qu’il a dans le mufle. À rapprocher de bison, bœuf, taureau et vache.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how buffle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Chaque jour, ses parents allaient dans la forêt pour ramasser du bois de chauffage. Quân prenait son bâton de bambou pour conduire le buffle qui portait le bois à rapporter à la maison.
  2. Ceinturon de buffle. Gants de buffle.

Synonyms

gamousse

This word in other languages

buffalo(English)búfalo(Español)Büffel(Deutsch)búfalo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbuffle
  • bfufle
  • buffel
  • bufflle
  • bufle
  • buflfe
  • ubffle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buffle - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

bbuffle1bfufle2buffel2bufflle1bufle1buflfe2ubffle2
Edit distance from "buffle"

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 "buffle"?
"buffle" is spelled B-U-F-F-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \byfl\.
What does "buffle" mean?
As a noun, "buffle" means: Nom donné à plusieurs espèces de bovidés sauvages ou domestiques des genres Bubalus et Syncerus.
What words are commonly confused with "buffle"?
"buffle" is commonly confused with "bulle", "Buffon", "bundle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "buffle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "buffle" is \byfl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "buffle" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bergen#32,704badass#32,697Cheryl#32,740avança#32,693

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bahut7 variantsattique7 variantscombe7 variantscomes7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list