racontars
\ʁa.kɔ̃.taʁ\
The verdict
“racontars” is uncommon French (frequency #82,388 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,388
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de racontar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-racontars · racontars · French
racontars · rank #82,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,388
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH racheta
Nearest frequency peer: racheta (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « racontars »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quittances
quittances
17,616 corpus weight
- quitus
quitus
17,615 corpus weight
- racheta
racheta
17,614 corpus weight
- racontars
racontars
17,613 corpus weight
- racontons
racontons
17,612 corpus weight
- rafraîchiss…
rafraîchissantes
17,611 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « racontars » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | racontars |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.kɔ̃.taʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « racontars » en français
Rare enough to double-check
racontars is uncommon French at frequency #82,388 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.kɔ̃.taʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de racontar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for racontars in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is racontars, spelled R-A-C-O-N-T-A-R-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de racontar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how racontars appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous en avons assez des dentellières et de leurs racontars, et nous remontons vers la ville haute.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "racontars"?
What does "racontars" mean?
How do you pronounce "racontars"?
What language does "racontars" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "racontars", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).