étoffée

\e.tɔ.fe\

/\e.tɔ.fe\/ adj

The verdict

“étoffée” is uncommon French (frequency #59,743 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,743
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de étoffé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-etoffee · étoffée · French

étoffée · rank #59,743 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,743
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éprend

Nearest frequency peer: éprend (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « étoffée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « étoffée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for étoffée
PropertyValue
Headwordétoffée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.tɔ.fe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,743
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « étoffée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.étofféetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « éprend » (#59,742), « étonnerai » (#59,744), « épaississement » (#59,741). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « étoffée » est au #59,743. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

étoffée is uncommon French at frequency #59,743 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.tɔ.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de étoffé.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for étoffée, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is étoffée, spelled É-T-O-F-F-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de étoffé.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "étoffée"?
"étoffée" is spelled É-T-O-F-F-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \e.tɔ.fe\.
What does "étoffée" mean?
As an adjective, "étoffée" means: Féminin singulier de étoffé.
How do you pronounce "étoffée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "étoffée" is \e.tɔ.fe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "étoffée" come from?
"étoffée" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "étoffée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list