érafler
\e.ʁa.fle\
The verdict
“érafler” 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) - Écorcher légèrement en effleurant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erafler · érafler · French
érafler · 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 "É" 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 | érafler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \e.ʁa.fle\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « érafler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
érafler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \e.ʁa.fle\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Écorcher légèrement en effleurant.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for érafler, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is érafler, spelled É-R-A-F-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Écorcher légèrement en effleurant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how érafler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La balle n'avait fait qu’érafler la joue et ne devait laisser d'autre trace de son passage qu'une balafre bien placée : une de ces balafres qui ne défigurent pas et qui plaisent aux femmes.
Cette épingle m’a éraflé. — Cette épine m’a éraflé le visage.
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.