sniffer

\sni.fœʁ\

/\sni.fœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sniffer” is uncommon French (frequency #57,600 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,600
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matériel et/ou logiciel destiné à l’analyse des données circulant sur un réseau informatique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sniffer · sniffer · French

sniffer · rank #57,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,600
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Smolensk

Nearest frequency peer: Smolensk (-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 « sniffer »

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 « sniffer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sniffer
PropertyValue
Headwordsniffer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sni.fœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,600
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sniffer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sniffertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Smolensk » (#57,599), « sombra » (#57,601), « sip » (#57,598). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sniffer » est au #57,600. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sniffer is uncommon French at frequency #57,600 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sni.fœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matériel et/ou logiciel destiné à l’analyse des données circulant sur un réseau informatique.".

sniffer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sniffer, spelled S-N-I-F-F-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matériel et/ou logiciel destiné à l’analyse des données circulant sur un réseau informatique.

Synonyms

analyseur réseauanalyseur de paquet

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 "sniffer"?
"sniffer" is spelled S-N-I-F-F-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sni.fœʁ\.
What does "sniffer" mean?
As a noun, "sniffer" means: Matériel et/ou logiciel destiné à l’analyse des données circulant sur un réseau informatique.
How do you pronounce "sniffer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sniffer" is \sni.fœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sniffer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Soriano#57,604shuffle#57,595shotgun#57,594souciez#57,606

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list