ronfler
\ʁɔ̃.fle\
The verdict
“ronfler” is uncommon French (frequency #54,229 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,229
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire un certain bruit de la gorge et des narines en respirant pendant le sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ronfler · ronfler · French
ronfler · rank #54,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,229
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH Rohani
Nearest frequency peer: Rohani (-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 « ronfler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- retournais
retournais
45,775 corpus weight
- Rohani
Rohani
45,773 corpus weight
- ronfler
ronfler
45,772 corpus weight
- Rudd
Rudd
45,771 corpus weight
- ruent
ruent
45,770 corpus weight
- rugissement
rugissement
45,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ronfler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ronfler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɔ̃.fle\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ronfler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ronfler is uncommon French at frequency #54,229 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɔ̃.fle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ronfler, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ronfler, spelled R-O-N-F-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire un certain bruit de la gorge et des narines en respirant pendant le sommeil.
- 2Faire un certain bruit des narines, en parlant du cheval, quand il a peur, ou est en colère, etc.
- 3Faire un bruit grave et prolongé, en parlant de certaines choses comme le tonnerre, le canon, l’orgue, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ronfler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Evans, plus rompu aux voyages, ronflait; tous les gens de la maison étaient endormis; je veillais seul au milieu d’un silence solennel.
Puis, de ma compagne, ma pensée revient à mon compagnon, qui ronfle dans son coin à rendre jaloux les ventilateurs de la maison Strong Bulbul and Co.
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.
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