nombre rationnel
\nɔ̃.bʁə ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“nombre rationnel” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre pouvant s’exprimer sous la forme d’un nombre entier divisé par un nombre entier (fraction).
| 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) |
Where “nombre rationnel” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nombre rationnel is 16 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɔ̃.bʁə ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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).
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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.
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- The one correct French spelling is N-O-M-B-R-E- -R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.