rafle

\ʁɑfl\

/\ʁɑfl\/ noun

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The verdict

“rafle” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,461
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Filet garni d’ailes, possédant des ouvertures à chaque extrémité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rafle · rafle · French

rafle · rank #25,461 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,461
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH racket

Nearest frequency peer: racket (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rafle »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

rafle vs ral
60% similar
rafle vs rôle
60% similar
rafle vs rare
60% similar

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

Key facts for rafle
PropertyValue
Headwordrafle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑfl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,461
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rafle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.raflese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « racket » (#25,460), « ramassage » (#25,462), « rachetée » (#25,459). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rafle » est au #25,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around rafle (IPA \ʁɑfl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,461 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rafle, with forms such as "arfle", "rafel", and "raffle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ral", "rôle", "rare", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rafle, spelled R-A-F-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Filet garni d’ailes, possédant des ouvertures à chaque extrémité.
  2. 2
    Filet destiné à attraper de petits volatiles.
  3. 3
    Action de rafler.
  4. 4
    Opération de police qui consiste à cerner un endroit et à appréhender tous ceux qui s’y trouvent.
  5. 5
    Quand les dés affichent tous la même valeur, ce qui fait gagner la mise.
  6. 6
    Succession de prises résultant d’une combinaison.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les voleurs sont entrés dans cette maison et y ont fait une rafle.
  2. Il avait cependant assisté […] à une rafle sur les quais de tous les mendigots et clochards qu’une brigade de flics avait cernés.

Synonyms

razziacoup de filetdescentecoup de torchon

This word in other languages

roundup(English)redada(Español)Razzia(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arfle
  • rafel
  • raffle
  • raflle
  • ralfe
  • rfale
  • rrafle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arfle2rafel2raffle1raflle1ralfe2rfale2rrafle1
Edit distance from "rafle"

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 "rafle"?
"rafle" is spelled R-A-F-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑfl\.
What does "rafle" mean?
As a noun, "rafle" means: Filet garni d’ailes, possédant des ouvertures à chaque extrémité.
What words are commonly confused with "rafle"?
"rafle" is commonly confused with "ral", "rôle", "rare". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rafle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rafle" is \ʁɑfl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rafle" come from?
"rafle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

print#25,447petra#25,435rêvée#25,490salés#25,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list