ébouriffé
\e.bu.ʁi.fe\
The verdict
“ébouriffé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont le vent ou toute autre cause a mis les cheveux, ou la coiffure, en désordre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ebouriffe · ébouriffé · French
ébouriffé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" 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 | ébouriffé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.bu.ʁi.fe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ébouriffé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ébouriffé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.bu.ʁi.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ébouriffé in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ébouriffé, spelled É-B-O-U-R-I-F-F-É.
Definition
- 1Dont le vent ou toute autre cause a mis les cheveux, ou la coiffure, en désordre.
- 2Qualifie une personne agitée, troublée, et qui laisse voir son trouble, son agitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ébouriffé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’est pas très-bien coiffé, reprit-il en regardant la chevelure ébouriffée et luxuriante du provincial, mais je vais le mener chez Marius qui va lui ôter cette apparence de caniche si nuisible à sa considération et à la nôtre.
Dans la pénombre, des jeunes gens aux cheveux soigneusement ébouriffés s’entretiennent en zézayant de leurs poèmes.
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.