nombre rationnel
\nɔ̃.bʁə ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“nombre rationnel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre pouvant s’exprimer sous la forme d’un nombre entier divisé par un nombre entier (fraction).
Corpus desk
Index FR-nombre-rationnel · nombre rationnel · French
nombre rationnel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nombre rationnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃.bʁə ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
nombre rationnel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃.bʁə ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre pouvant s’exprimer sous la forme d’un nombre entier divisé par un nombre entier (fraction).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nombre rationnel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is nombre rationnel, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E- -R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Nombre pouvant s’exprimer sous la forme d’un nombre entier divisé par un nombre entier (fraction).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nombre rationnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
3/4 est un nombre rationnel.
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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.