calfeutrer
\kal.fø.tʁe\
The verdict
“calfeutrer” 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) - Boucher les interstices d’une porte, d’une fenêtre, avec du papier, du parchemin collé ou des lisières, etc., pour empêcher que le vent n’entre dans une pièce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-calfeutrer · calfeutrer · French
calfeutrer · 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 "C" 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 | calfeutrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kal.fø.tʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « calfeutrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
calfeutrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kal.fø.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for calfeutrer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is calfeutrer, spelled C-A-L-F-E-U-T-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Boucher les interstices d’une porte, d’une fenêtre, avec du papier, du parchemin collé ou des lisières, etc., pour empêcher que le vent n’entre dans une pièce.
- 2S’enfermer bien chaudement.
- 3Se replier sur soi-même.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how calfeutrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut calfeutrer cette porte, cette fenêtre.
Cette case était un assemblage de pieux calfeutrés d’un entrelacement de branches.
This word in other languages
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.