chafouiner
\ʃa.fwi.ne\
The verdict
“chafouiner” 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) - Limer quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chafouiner · chafouiner · French
chafouiner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chafouiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃa.fwi.ne\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chafouiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chafouiner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.fwi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
chafouiner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chafouiner, spelled C-H-A-F-O-U-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Limer quelque chose.
- 2Embêter quelqu’un.
- 3Fouiller, farfouiller.
- 4Faire la cour à une personne dans le but d’obtenir ses faveurs amoureuses.
- 5Avoir une relation sexuelle consentie.
- 6Se friper, se plisser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chafouiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Camille n'arrête de pas de me chafouiner ! il faut que cela s'arrête !
La maladie grise chercha quelque chose à se mettre sous l’incisive pour demeurer dans l’enveloppe de la mano. Elle chafouina dans tous les recoins du corps de siffleuse de la mano, alla jusqu’aux doigts pour y trouver — faute de mieux - quelque chose à infecter-gangréner.
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.