sniffette
\sni.fɛt\
The verdict
“sniffette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prise de drogue par le nez.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sniffette · sniffette · French
sniffette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | sniffette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sni.fɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sniffette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sniffette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sni.fɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prise de drogue par le nez.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sniffette in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sniffette, spelled S-N-I-F-F-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prise de drogue par le nez.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sniffette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est rien du tout pour les membres de la classe des commerçants chinois d'investir cent dollars dans un bol d’ailerons de requin ou d'en aligner mille pour une sniffette de corne de rhino avant de rentrer à la maison s'envoyer en l'air.
Il se sentait en pleine forme, en pleine possession de ses moyens intellectuels, sensation accrue par la sniffette géante qu'il s'était envoyée dans les trous de nez un peu plus tôt, bouclé en toute sécurité dans son cabinet de toilette privé.
Synonyms
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.