s’empiffrer
\s‿ɑ̃.pi.fʁe\
The verdict
“s’empiffrer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manger avec excès et gloutonnerie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-empiffrer · s’empiffrer · French
s’empiffrer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’empiffrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿ɑ̃.pi.fʁe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’empiffrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’empiffrer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿ɑ̃.pi.fʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manger avec excès et gloutonnerie.".
s’empiffrer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is s’empiffrer, spelled S-’-E-M-P-I-F-F-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Manger avec excès et gloutonnerie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’empiffrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils jettent d’eux-mêmes leurs jeunes par-dessus bord et le coucoulet s’empiffre, s’empiffre, sans cesse affamé.
J’ai le coeur qui s’empiffre d’émotions.
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.