de ouf

\də uf\

/\də uf\/ adj

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The verdict

“de ouf” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vraiment ; beaucoup ; bien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-de-ouf · de ouf · French

de ouf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for de ouf
PropertyValue
Headwordde ouf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\də uf\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “de ouf” sits in French frequency

de ouf falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

de ouf is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \də uf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vraiment ; beaucoup ; bien.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for de ouf, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 de ouf, spelled D-E- -O-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vraiment ; beaucoup ; bien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les vieux qui entendaient « vachement », quand ce mot est apparu, disaient que ça n’avait aucun sens ! Et c’est vrai, quand on y pense. Qu’est-ce que les vaches ont à faire là-dedans ? Aujourd’hui, les jeunes utilisent «trop» ou « de ouf » à la place de « vachement ».
  2. Le planning est serré, ce vendredi férié, et c’est la deuxième retardataire d’affilée. « J’ai speedé de ouf, j’ai mal au poignet », avait protesté Frédérique après le départ de la cliente précédente.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "de ouf"?
"de ouf" is spelled D-E- -O-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is \də uf\.
What does "de ouf" mean?
As an adjective, "de ouf" means: Vraiment ; beaucoup ; bien.
How do you pronounce "de ouf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "de ouf" is \də uf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "de ouf" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list