refileur de comète
\ʁə.fi.lœʁ də kɔ.mɛt\
The verdict
“refileur de comète” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui refile la comète : vagabond, miséreux, clochard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-refileur-de-comete · refileur de comète · French
refileur de comète · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | refileur de comète |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.fi.lœʁ də kɔ.mɛt\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
refileur de comète is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.fi.lœʁ də kɔ.mɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Celui qui refile la comète : vagabond, miséreux, clochard.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for refileur de comète, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refileur de comète, spelled R-E-F-I-L-E-U-R- -D-E- -C-O-M-È-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui refile la comète : vagabond, miséreux, clochard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how refileur de comète appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tel que vous le voyez, mossieu est tantôt vêtu en refileur de comète, et tantôt en véritable milord.
Paulin Broquet, lui, connaissait admirablement l’argot de la pègre ; il le parlait en véritable « refileur de comète » et eût pu dans le plus imprévu, le plus infâme groupe de bandits, prononcer un long discours dans cette langue variée, mobile et d’une spéciale saveur, sans que personne se doutât que l’orateur n’était pas un pur, un vrai.
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.