ferler
\fɛʁ.le\
The verdict
“ferler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relever une voile pli par pli, sur la vergue, après l’avoir carguée, et l’attacher au moyen de rubans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ferler · ferler · French
ferler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | ferler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fɛʁ.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ferler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ferler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fɛʁ.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ferler has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ferler, spelled F-E-R-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Relever une voile pli par pli, sur la vergue, après l’avoir carguée, et l’attacher au moyen de rubans.
- 2Disposer un pavillon de signaux pour le hisser en tête de mât.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ferler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ferler. Amarrer une voile le long de sa bôme, après avoir amené (baissé) la voile. S’il n’y a pas de bôme, on ferle quand même, ça ne fait rien. On ferle en se servant de rabans, petits bouts de cordages ou petites lanières de tissu.
Le Lhaiz aborda à la jetée et deux hommes de l’équipage l’amarrèrent tandis que les autres ferlaient les voiles et couchaient les bouts-dehors.
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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.