éraflure
\e.ʁa.flyʁ\
The verdict
“éraflure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Écorchure légère faite en effleurant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eraflure · éraflure · French
éraflure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | éraflure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ʁa.flyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « éraflure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
éraflure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ʁa.flyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for éraflure, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is éraflure, spelled É-R-A-F-L-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Écorchure légère faite en effleurant.
- 2Rayure, entaille faite sur un objet, une surface, l’endommageant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how éraflure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une éraflure d’épingle, d’épine, etc.
Dites-moi, continua-t-il, ce gentilhomme n’avait-il pas une légère cicatrice à la tempe – Oui, comme le ferait l’éraflure d’une balle.
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.