raffine
\ʁa.fin\
The verdict
“raffine” 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) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffiner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raffine · raffine · French
raffine · 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 "R" 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 | raffine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.fin\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « raffine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
raffine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.fin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
raffine has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 raffine, spelled R-A-F-F-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffiner.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffiner.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de raffiner.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de raffiner.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de raffiner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how raffine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sans doute, disent-ils, de nos jours, on fignole, on raffine, on sophistique mais on ne fait jamais que talmudiser.
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.