soufflante
\su.flɑ̃t\
The verdict
“soufflante” is uncommon French (frequency #75,246 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,246
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roue de compresseur à basse pression d’un réacteur à double flux, généralement utilisée comme premier étage de compression et entraînée par une turbine indépendante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-soufflante · soufflante · French
soufflante · rank #75,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,246
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH Soubeyran
Nearest frequency peer: Soubeyran (-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 « soufflante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- somment
somment
24,758 corpus weight
- sonnantes
sonnantes
24,757 corpus weight
- Soubeyran
Soubeyran
24,756 corpus weight
- soufflante
soufflante
24,755 corpus weight
- sourcier
sourcier
24,754 corpus weight
- souriantes
souriantes
24,753 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « soufflante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | soufflante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.flɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « soufflante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
soufflante is uncommon French at frequency #75,246 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.flɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for soufflante in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is soufflante, spelled S-O-U-F-F-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Roue de compresseur à basse pression d’un réacteur à double flux, généralement utilisée comme premier étage de compression et entraînée par une turbine indépendante.
- 2Réprimande ; soufflon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how soufflante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pression politique ? C’est ce que pense une partie de la rédaction, persuadée que Laurent Wauquiez a passé une soufflante à la direction.
Il rappelle, plus agacé encore. « Madame de Closette », ainsi qu’il l’appelle en faisant claquer la dernière syllabe, comprend vite qu’il ne s’agit pas d’un coup de fil de courtoisie mais d’une soufflante.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).