ronflait
\ʁɔ̃.flɛ\
The verdict
“ronflait” is uncommon French (frequency #84,265 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,265
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ronfler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ronflait · ronflait · French
ronflait · rank #84,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,265
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rondelette
Nearest frequency peer: rondelette (-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 « ronflait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rognon
rognon
15,739 corpus weight
- romanisation
romanisation
15,738 corpus weight
- rondelette
rondelette
15,737 corpus weight
- ronflait
ronflait
15,736 corpus weight
- rots
rots
15,734 corpus weight
- roulet
roulet
15,733 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ronflait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ronflait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.flɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ronflait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ronflait is uncommon French at frequency #84,265 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.flɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ronfler.".
ronflait has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ronflait, spelled R-O-N-F-L-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de ronfler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ronflait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anne traversa la clairière, le chien sur ses talons, et alla se réfugier dans la cuisine où ronflait le vieux poêle Godin.
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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