stupéfier
\sty.pe.fje\
The verdict
“stupéfier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Engourdir, diminuer ou suspendre le sentiment et le mouvement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-stupefier · stupéfier · French
stupéfier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | stupéfier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sty.pe.fje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
stupéfier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sty.pe.fje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for stupéfier in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 stupéfier, spelled S-T-U-P-É-F-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Engourdir, diminuer ou suspendre le sentiment et le mouvement.
- 2Causer une grande surprise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stupéfier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si, dans la solitude, une femme de beauté médiocre sans cesse étudiée devient sublime et imposante, peut-être une femme aussi magnifiquement belle que l’était la duchesse arrivait-elle à stupéfier un jeune homme chez qui l’exaltation trouvait des ressorts neufs, car elle absorbait réellement cette jeune âme.
En haut, dans la salle, Pascal s’était comme stupéfié, la face sur un livre grand ouvert. Il ne pouvait plus lire, les mots fuyaient, s’effaçaient, n’avaient aucun sens.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.