fileter
\fil.te\
The verdict
“fileter” 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) - Usiner un filetage sur une tige en utilisant une filière ou tout autre outil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fileter · fileter · French
fileter · 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 "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 | fileter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \fil.te\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fileter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fileter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \fil.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
fileter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is fileter, spelled F-I-L-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Usiner un filetage sur une tige en utilisant une filière ou tout autre outil.
- 2Lever les filets d'un poisson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fileter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand ils rentraient, le matin, elle lavait le poisson, le filetait et le vendait.
Une fois fileté, toute la tablée s'en est régalée au shore lunch.
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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.