golfer
\ɡɔl.fe\
The verdict
“golfer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Jouer au golf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-golfer · golfer · French
golfer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | golfer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡɔl.fe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
golfer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡɔl.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jouer au golf.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for golfer, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is golfer, spelled G-O-L-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Jouer au golf.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how golfer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour ceux qui ne golfent pas, la table de Christian Virfolet peut être une raison pour se rendre sur ce lieu.
On peut golfer "prestigieux" à PAU, BIARRITZ, VICHY, DINARD ou MEGEVE.
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.