fouffe
\fuf\
The verdict
“fouffe” 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) - Chiffon, haillon, vieux vêtement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fouffe · fouffe · French
fouffe · 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 "F" 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 | fouffe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fuf\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fouffe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fouffe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fuf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chiffon, haillon, vieux vêtement.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for fouffe, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 fouffe, spelled F-O-U-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1Chiffon, haillon, vieux vêtement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fouffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ô mes petites amoureuses, Que je vous hais ! Plaquez de fouffes douloureuses Vos tétons laids !
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.