époustoufler
\e.pus.tu.fle\
The verdict
“époustoufler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Profondément étonner au point de couper le souffle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epoustoufler · époustoufler · French
époustoufler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | époustoufler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.pus.tu.fle\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “époustoufler” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
époustoufler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.pus.tu.fle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Profondément étonner au point de couper le souffle.".
époustoufler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 époustoufler, spelled É-P-O-U-S-T-O-U-F-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Profondément étonner au point de couper le souffle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how époustoufler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De cet hymen si tôt bâclé Je suis encor époustouflé !
Je reçus un mot époustouflé de Calmette.
This word in other languages
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