puffin
\py.fɛ̃\
The verdict
“puffin” 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) - Oiseau marin pélagique, qui ne vient à terre que pour se reproduire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-puffin · puffin · French
puffin · 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 "P" 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 | puffin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \py.fɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « puffin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
puffin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \py.fɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oiseau marin pélagique, qui ne vient à terre que pour se reproduire.".
puffin has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is puffin, spelled P-U-F-F-I-N.
Definition
- 1Oiseau marin pélagique, qui ne vient à terre que pour se reproduire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puffin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce puffin vole avec élégance en tenant en général ses longues ailes en cloche.
Quelques oiseaux retardataires, des pétrels, des guillemots, des puffins, animaient encore cette solitude et jetaient des cris perçants.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.