Confusables Entry 554 / 1011 60-second read

Rifle vs. Riffle

A firearm or to rummage versus to shuffle pages.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

He riffled through the gun cabinet.

✓ Correct

He rifled through the gun cabinet.

The ruleii

RIFLE rummages (and fires). RIFFLE shuffles pages.

RIFLE (one F) is to rummage through (or fire a rifle). RIFFLE (two Fs) means to shuffle quickly.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Two Fs flutter pages."

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