file, filé, filet, fillet

File or file means a folder for papers, or a set of papers on the same subject--
We seem to have lost your file. Would you fill out these forms again?
Do you have the file on the case we're working on?
File also means to arrange papers or information in order to be able to find it again, usually alphabetically--
I have a lot of forms to file before lunch.
No, file those by the date on the top of the folder.
File also means to make an application or send in a form--
She is threatening to file for divorce.
He wants to file for the new job opening.

File also means a vertical row--
He was happy being one of the rank and file, and didn't want to be promoted.
File also means to walk by in a single line--
The troops were ordered to file past the reviewing stand.

File also means a tool with a rough edge, used for smoothing--
Have you seen my nail file?
You can take the rough edges off with a file or rasp.

Filet or filet ( sometimes spelled fillet, pronounced feel ay ) means a boneless slice or cut of meat or fish--
I'd like the filet, done rare, and a baked potato.
See if they have a nice filet of flounder.

Fillet or fillet ( pronounced fill ett ) means a narrow decorative band, or a raised line or ridge--
She wore a satin fillet around her head, with a feather in it, like a flapper form the 1920's.
The table had a fillet of mahogany around the edge.

Filé or filé ( pronounced feel ay ), usually called filé powder, is made from sassafras leaves, and used to thicken stews or gumbo--
If you can't find filé powder, you can add okra to the gumbo.
If you leave out the filé powder, it won't taste the same.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"I saved a file about where to find the filé powder to make a gumbo with this filet of flounder. The cover of the file had a gold fillet on it. Have you seen it?"

vile, vial

Vile or vile means despicable or loathesome, often meaning behavior--
What a nasty woman. Such vile manners!
This cake tastes vile. Did you put in salt instead of sugar?

Vial or vial ( rhymes with vile ) means a glass tube or small container , probably with a cap on the top--
She broke a small vial of perfume, and the whole house smelled of it.
The vial of medicine contains three doses.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The nurse gave him a vial of vile-tasting medicine for his sore throat."

Note-"phial" is an old-fashioned spelling of "vial"--
Dr. Jeckyl swallowed a phial of the potion, and became Mr. Hyde."

Note # 2--not to be confused with "file", meaning a folder or set of papers, or a particular body of information stored electronically--
Did you find the file on housing costs?

Note # 3--to "file" something--a verb ( action word ) means to arrange it alphabetically ( from A to Z ) in a set of files--
She had a stack of folders to file.

Note # 4--a "phiale"  is a kind of ancient Roman drinking cup shaped like a saucer--
They admired the strange phiale in the glass case at the museum.