souffle du diable
\sufl dy djabl\
The verdict
“souffle du diable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-souffle-du-diable · souffle du diable · French
souffle du diable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | souffle du diable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sufl dy djabl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
souffle du diable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sufl dy djabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for souffle du diable in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 souffle du diable, spelled S-O-U-F-F-L-E- -D-U- -D-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Composé chimique à base de scopolamine et d’atropine, qui, inhalé sous forme de poudre, provoque des pertes de volonté et de mémoire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how souffle du diable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une drogue dont la composition serait très proche du "souffle du diable", selon Le Parisien qui révèle l'information.
Le souffle du diable, ou l'incroyable arnaque à l'hypnose chimique.
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.