joufflu
\ʒu.fly\
The verdict
“joufflu” is uncommon French (frequency #69,949 among 957 “J” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,949
- frequency rank, French
- 957
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a de grosses joues.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joufflu · joufflu · French
joufflu · rank #69,949 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,949
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 957
- PHOTO-FINISH Judah
Nearest frequency peer: Judah (+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 « joufflu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Jiménez
Jiménez
30,056 corpus weight
- Jodorowsky
Jodorowsky
30,054 corpus weight
- joufflu
joufflu
30,052 corpus weight
- Judah
Judah
30,051 corpus weight
- jugerez
jugerez
30,050 corpus weight
- Jutland
Jutland
30,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « joufflu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joufflu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒu.fly\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « joufflu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
joufflu is uncommon French at frequency #69,949 among 957 “J” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʒu.fly\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a de grosses joues.".
joufflu has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is joufflu, spelled J-O-U-F-F-L-U.
Definition
- 1Qui a de grosses joues.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how joufflu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Petit-Pierre paraissait plus avisé que ses frères ; mais autant ceux-ci étaient gros, joufflus et vermeils, autant il avait l’air maigre, chétif et pâlot.
Une colossale figure du « Temps », soulève Terre et cadran sur ses vigoureuses épaules, tandis que des anges joufflus, des Amours pour mieux dire, se jouent tout autour, voletant et dégringolant jusque sur le fronton.
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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.
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