fileur
\fi.lœʁ\
The verdict
“fileur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Personne qui file des matières textiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fileur · fileur · French
fileur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | fileur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fi.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
fileur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fi.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
fileur has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is fileur, spelled F-I-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui file des matières textiles.
- 2Personne qui fabrique des filets de pêche, de tennis, etc.
- 3Personne qui file le verre incandescent.
- 4Pièce de menuiserie qui permet de raccorder un meuble à un mur en s'adaptant à ses irrégularités (fileur, fileur d'angle...)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fileur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La ductilité du verre incandescent est très-grande ; l’art du verrier met à chaque instant cette propriété en évidence ; mais un état qui la rend bien plus palpable, c’est celui de fileur de verre.
Un fileur sert en général à décaler un meuble par rapport à un autre ou un mur et/ou à "remplir" des centimètres laissés restant pour la marge utile.
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.