refile
verb
refile is a verb meaning “To file again or differently” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-F-I-L-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does refile mean?
verb
- 1
To file again or differently.
Let's refile those papers under Miscellaneous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce refile?
Refile has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of refile
- refiles present, singular, he/she/it
- refiling participle, present
- refiled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is refile?
Refile appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does refile come from?
From re- + file.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).