doffer
\dɔ.fɛʁ\
The verdict
“doffer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Rouleau couvert de fines pointes, dont le but est, par rotation, de nettoyer les résidus de fils, les peluches, etc... qui s'accumulent au niveau des peigneuses ou sur les cardes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-doffer · doffer · French
doffer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | doffer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dɔ.fɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « doffer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
doffer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dɔ.fɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rouleau couvert de fines pointes, dont le but est, par rotation, de nettoyer les résidus de fils, les peluches, etc... qui s'accumulent au niveau des peigneuses ou sur les cardes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for doffer, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is doffer, spelled D-O-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Rouleau couvert de fines pointes, dont le but est, par rotation, de nettoyer les résidus de fils, les peluches, etc... qui s'accumulent au niveau des peigneuses ou sur les cardes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how doffer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les peigneuses Heilmann sont munies d’un doffer, sur lequel la brosse vient déposer le déchet qu’elle a enlevé aux peignes du tambour-peigneur; nous avons imaginé d’appliquer deux doffers en place d’un seul, pour opérer, par la différence de vitesse des deux doffers, un certain étirage sur le déchet.
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.