raffole

Name: raffole, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁa.fɔl\

/\ʁa.fɔl\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“raffole” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,559
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffoler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raffole · raffole · French

raffole · rank #42,559 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,559
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH radium

Nearest frequency peer: radium (-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.

racolage

57,445
racontais

57,444
radium

57,443
raffole

57,442
rahman

57,441
rajeuni

57,440

What this shows « raffole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

raffole vs rafle

71% similar

raffole vs raffolent

78% similar

raffole vs rafale

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for raffole
Property	Value
Headword	raffole
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\ʁa.fɔl\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#42,559
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raffole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).raffolese place ici:

#42,559

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « radium » (#42,558), « rahman » (#42,560), « racontais » (#42,557). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raffole » est au #42,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around raffole (IPA \ʁa.fɔl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,559 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for raffole, with forms such as "arffole", "raffloe", and "raffoel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rafle", "raffolent", "rafale", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is raffole, spelled R-A-F-F-O-L-E.

Definition

1
Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffoler.
2
Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffoler.
3
Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de raffoler.
4
Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de raffoler.
5
Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de raffoler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how raffole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Je raffole du Trilece, confia alors Lev à Arma.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arffole
raffloe
raffoel
raffolle
rafofle
rafole
rfafole
rraffole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raffole - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "raffole"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "raffole"?

"raffole" is spelled R-A-F-F-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.fɔl\.

What does "raffole" mean?

As a verb, "raffole" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de raffoler.

What words are commonly confused with "raffole"?

"raffole" is commonly confused with "rafle", "raffolent", "rafale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "raffole"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raffole" is \ʁa.fɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "raffole" come from?

"raffole" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "raffole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rajeuni#42,561 rappela#42,562 Péronne#42,552 périmée#42,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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