affiler
\a.fi.le\
The verdict
“affiler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aiguiser le tranchant émoussé ou ébréché d’un instrument, lui donner le fil ou enlever le morfil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-affiler · affiler · French
affiler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | affiler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \a.fi.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
affiler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \a.fi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for affiler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is affiler, spelled A-F-F-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Aiguiser le tranchant émoussé ou ébréché d’un instrument, lui donner le fil ou enlever le morfil.
- 2Mettre un lingot de métal dans la filière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how affiler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans son goujet, la corne de vache pleine d’eau pendue à sa ceinture, il avait pris la pierre noire, et il affilait sa faux, d’un long geste rapide.
Et moi, dit l’hôte, […], moi, je vais fourbir ma salade, emmêcher mon arquebuse et affiler ma pertuisane.
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.