Rafal
The verdict
“Rafal” is uncommon French (frequency #85,189 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,189
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rafal · Rafal · French
Rafal · rank #85,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,189
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH radiofréquence
Nearest frequency peer: radiofréquence (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Rafal »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- raccourciss…
raccourcissent
14,815 corpus weight
- rache
rache
14,814 corpus weight
- radiofréque…
radiofréquence
14,813 corpus weight
- Rafal
Rafal
14,812 corpus weight
- rafraîchie
rafraîchie
14,811 corpus weight
- ragga
ragga
14,810 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rafal » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rafal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rafal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rafal is uncommon French at frequency #85,189 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Rafal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Rafal, spelled R-A-F-A-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rafal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sauf blessure d’ici là, Rafal Straczek (24 ans) gardera le but des Girondins face à Concarneau lundi soir (20 h 45).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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