soiffer
\swa.fe\
The verdict
“soiffer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avoir constamment soif et boire énormément d’une boisson alcoolisée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soiffer · soiffer · French
soiffer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | soiffer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \swa.fe\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
soiffer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \swa.fe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for soiffer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is soiffer, spelled S-O-I-F-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Avoir constamment soif et boire énormément d’une boisson alcoolisée.
- 2Siffler (un verre, une bouteille).
- 3Dépenser en boissons alcoolisées, en parlant d’une somme d’argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soiffer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[Gervaise] soiffait à tirelarigot.
Cela fait qu’on braille, qu’on s’éraille et qu’on se débraille, dans une débauche de tapage à en rester muet six jours, par régime ; cela fait qu’on est équipemard, et chicard, et flambard à mort, qu’on se lance, qu’on se lâche, qu’on loupe, qu’on gouape, qu’on soiffe, et surtout que l’on peut, ô délices ! joie des rois ! café des dieux ! embêter carrémen…
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.