riflard
\ʁi.flaʁ\
The verdict
“riflard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Sorte de grand rabot, légèrement plus court que la varlope, à une ou deux poignées, qui sert à dresser le bois de charpente. Son fer est légèrement arrondi mais sa semelle est plane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-riflard · riflard · French
riflard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | riflard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁi.flaʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « riflard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
riflard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁi.flaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
riflard has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 riflard, spelled R-I-F-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Sorte de grand rabot, légèrement plus court que la varlope, à une ou deux poignées, qui sert à dresser le bois de charpente. Son fer est légèrement arrondi mais sa semelle est plane.
- 2Ciseau en forme de palette, souvent à soie traversante, que l'on utilise pour ébavurer le plâtre ou le ciment.
- 3La laine la plus longue et la plus avantageuse d’une toison.
- 4Vieux parapluie.
- 5Pénis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how riflard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au repos, on doit coucher riflard et varlope sur le côté pour que leur arête tranchante ne soit pas abîmée.
De même chez Moravia se rencontre une Fausta dont le riflard – riflard, c'est la laine la plus grosse et la plus longue d'une toison – dont le riflard est pareil à la fourrure d'ours.
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.