joufflu

\ʒu.fly\

/\ʒu.fly\/ adj

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for joufflu
PropertyValue
Headwordjoufflu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʒu.fly\
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,949
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « joufflu » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Judah » (#69,950), « Jodorowsky » (#69,947), « jugerez » (#69,951). Parmi 957 lemmes en « J », « joufflu » est au #69,949. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui a de grosses joues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how joufflu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "joufflu"?
"joufflu" is spelled J-O-U-F-F-L-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʒu.fly\.
What does "joufflu" mean?
As an adjective, "joufflu" means: Qui a de grosses joues.
How do you pronounce "joufflu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "joufflu" is \ʒu.fly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "joufflu", 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