r
French, letter
r is spelled R (one letter) and appears 132 times per million words in written French, the 628th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). R is a French letter meaning “The eighteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, R is a different word: “abbreviation of roi (“king”)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dix-huitième lettre et quatorzième consonne de l’alphabet (minuscule)”.
What does r mean in English?
letter
- 1
The eighteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
letter
- 1
The eighteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
abbreviation of roi (“king”)
prefix
- 1
apocopic form of re-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
letter: 1. Dix-huitième lettre et quatorzième consonne de l’alphabet (minuscule).
noun: 1. Recto.
adjective: 1. « Rare ».
prefix: 1. Variante de re-.
letter: 1. Dix-huitième lettre de l’alphabet (majuscule).
noun: 1. Rouge du RVB. 2. Taux de reproduction d’une infection.
pronoun: 1. Rien.
noun: 1. Recto.
noun: 1. Rue.
suffix: 1. Utilisé pour former des néologismes ne marquant pas le genre pour les mots se terminant -er/-ère.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of r
- R uppercase
- r lowercase
- Rᵒ
- rᵒ
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to r
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is r in French?
r appears 132 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).