gafouiller
\ɡa.fu.je\
The verdict
“gafouiller” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tacher avec de l’eau sale, salir (surtout en parlant des enfants).
Corpus desk
Index FR-gafouiller · gafouiller · French
gafouiller · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gafouiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡa.fu.je\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gafouiller » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gafouiller is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡa.fu.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tacher avec de l’eau sale, salir (surtout en parlant des enfants).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for gafouiller in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gafouiller, spelled G-A-F-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tacher avec de l’eau sale, salir (surtout en parlant des enfants).
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.