effiler
\e.fi.le\
The verdict
“effiler” 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) - Défaire fil à fil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effiler · effiler · French
effiler · 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 "E" 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 | effiler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.fi.le\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « effiler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
effiler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.fi.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for effiler, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is effiler, spelled E-F-F-I-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Défaire fil à fil.
- 2Enlever les fils de certains légumes.
- 3S’allonger en s’amincissant.
- 4Synonyme de fatiguer, d'énerver en parlant des chiens de chasse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effiler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Effiler une toile.
Une étoffe qui s’effile.
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.