stupéfié

\sty.pe.fje\

/\sty.pe.fje\/ adj

The verdict

“stupéfié” is uncommon French (frequency #95,361 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,361
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être pétrifié ou engourdi par la stupeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-stupefie · stupéfié · French

stupéfié · rank #95,361 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,361
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suives

Nearest frequency peer: suives (+2 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 « stupéfié »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for stupéfié
PropertyValue
Headwordstupéfié
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sty.pe.fje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,361
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « stupéfié » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).stupéfiétombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « suives » (#95,363), « Stelvio » (#95,356), « stalagmites » (#95,355). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « stupéfié » est au #95,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

stupéfié is uncommon French at frequency #95,361 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sty.pe.fje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stupéfié, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is stupéfié, spelled S-T-U-P-É-F-I-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être pétrifié ou engourdi par la stupeur.
  2. 2
    Extrêmement surpris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how stupéfié appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’était ma première traversée véritable ; c’était aussi ma première rencontre, stupéfiée plutôt qu’horrifiée (l’adjectif est trop fort pour mes émotions encore superficielles et mal dégrossies), avec les misérables séquelles de la guerre.
  2. Stupéfié, Morange se rapprocha insensiblement. On aurait dit qu’une bête sauvage aux griffes démesurées lui avait lacéré la peau.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "stupéfié"?
"stupéfié" is spelled S-T-U-P-É-F-I-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sty.pe.fje\.
What does "stupéfié" mean?
As an adjective, "stupéfié" means: Être pétrifié ou engourdi par la stupeur.
How do you pronounce "stupéfié"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "stupéfié" is \sty.pe.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "stupéfié" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list