ronfler

\ʁɔ̃.fle\

/\ʁɔ̃.fle\/ verb

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ronfler
PropertyValue
Headwordronfler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɔ̃.fle\
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ronfler » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ronflertombe 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: « Rohani » (#54,228), « Rudd » (#54,230), « ruent » (#54,231). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ronfler » est au #54,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Faire un certain bruit de la gorge et des narines en respirant pendant le sommeil.
  2. 2
    Faire un certain bruit des narines, en parlant du cheval, quand il a peur, ou est en colère, etc.
  3. 3
    Faire un bruit grave et prolongé, en parlant de certaines choses comme le tonnerre, le canon, l’orgue, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Evans, plus rompu aux voyages, ronflait; tous les gens de la maison étaient endormis; je veillais seul au milieu d’un silence solennel.
  2. 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.

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 "ronfler"?
"ronfler" is spelled R-O-N-F-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɔ̃.fle\.
What does "ronfler" mean?
As a verb, "ronfler" means: Faire un certain bruit de la gorge et des narines en respirant pendant le sommeil.
How do you pronounce "ronfler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ronfler" is \ʁɔ̃.fle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ronfler" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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