effilé
\e.fi.le\
The verdict
“effilé” is uncommon French (frequency #73,116 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,116
- frequency rank, French
- 3,255
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est mince et long, étroit et allongé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effile · effilé · French
effilé · rank #73,116 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,116
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,255
- PHOTO-FINISH détériorés
Nearest frequency peer: détériorés (-1 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 « effilé »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dépoli
dépoli
26,889 corpus weight
- dépêchée
dépêchée
26,888 corpus weight
- déshabillée
déshabillée
26,887 corpus weight
- détériorés
détériorés
26,886 corpus weight
- effilé
effilé
26,885 corpus weight
- effondrait
effondrait
26,884 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « effilé » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | effilé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.fi.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effilé » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effilé is uncommon French at frequency #73,116 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.fi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
effilé has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is effilé, spelled E-F-F-I-L-É.
Definition
- 1Qui est mince et long, étroit et allongé.
- 2Coupé en tranches très fines.
- 3Qui a le tranchant fin, aiguisé.
- 4Qui est désépaissi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effilé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce matin même, pourtant, elle avait eu une étrange façon de passer sur les lèvres une langue effilée, affilée même, alors que ses yeux allaient légèrement d’un objet à l’autre.
Chacun de leurs visages semblait buriné dans le bois, ou découpé dans le cuir le plus rude. Hâle jaune, lèvres cruelles, pommettes violentes, et les yeux effilés des oiseaux de proie.
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.
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