refiler

\ʁə.fi.le\

/\ʁə.fi.le\/ verb

The verdict

“refiler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,334. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,334
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner ou passer quelque chose à quelqu’un.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refiler · refiler · French

refiler · rank #30,334 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,334
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH redémarrage

Nearest frequency peer: redémarrage (-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 « refiler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « refiler » 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).

refiler vs régler
57% similar
refiler vs reflet
71% similar
refiler vs relier
71% similar

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

Key facts for refiler
PropertyValue
Headwordrefiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.fi.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#30,334
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refiler »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « redémarrage » (#30,333), « relâchés » (#30,335), « remanié » (#30,336). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refiler » est au #30,334. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around refiler (IPA \ʁə.fi.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,334 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Donner ou passer quelque chose à quelqu’un.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for refiler, with forms such as "erfiler", "reffiler", and "refielr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "régler", "reflet", "relier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is refiler, spelled R-E-F-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner ou passer quelque chose à quelqu’un.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tout ce qu’il entendait autour de lui, les tuyaux refilés d’une oreille à l’autre, les vaines discussions d’intérêts sordides, les propositions abracadabrantes, lui occasionnaient parfois des nausées.
  2. Un des informateurs du patron […] nous a refilé un tuyau d’importance. Deux malfrats aguerris et une petite frappe en devenir ont eu vent de la prochaine opération « sac à dos ». — (François-Xavier Dillard, Un vrai jeu d’enfant, chap. 6, Fleuve Noir, 2012)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfiler
  • reffiler
  • refielr
  • refilerr
  • refiller
  • refilre
  • reflier
  • reifler
  • rfeiler
  • rrefiler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refiler - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erfiler2reffiler1refielr2refilerr1refiller1refilre2reflier2reifler2
Edit distance from "refiler"

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 "refiler"?
"refiler" is spelled R-E-F-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fi.le\.
What does "refiler" mean?
As a verb, "refiler" means: Donner ou passer quelque chose à quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "refiler"?
"refiler" is commonly confused with "régler", "reflet", "relier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "refiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refiler" is \ʁə.fi.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refiler" come from?
"refiler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list