rafraîchissement

\ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\

/\ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rafraîchissement” has 24 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,482
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
24
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre plus frais ou résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rafraichissement · rafraîchissement · French

rafraîchissement · rank #41,482 · 24 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,482
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 24 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raconterai

Nearest frequency peer: raconterai (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rafraîchissement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rafraîchissement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rafraîchissement
PropertyValue
Headwordrafraîchissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\
Letters16
Frequency rank#41,482
Misspellings tracked24
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rafraîchissement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rafraîchissementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raconterai » (#41,481), « rajoutez » (#41,483), « quartet » (#41,480). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rafraîchissement » est au #41,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 24 spelling variants around rafraîchissement (IPA \ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,482 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for rafraîchissement, with forms such as "arfraîchissement", "rafarîchissement", and "raffraîchissement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rafraîchissement, spelled R-A-F-R-A-Î-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre plus frais ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de remettre un objet dans son état de fraîcheur primitif.
  3. 3
    Boissons fraîches, fruits, mets, que l’on sert dans un bal, au cours d’une réception, ou que l’on offre en dehors des repas.
  4. 4
    Taux de rafraîchissement. Fréquence de balayage vertical définie par le nombre d’images s’affichant sur l’écran par seconde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rafraîchissement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le rafraîchissement de la température. Le rafraîchissement d’une bouteille dans la glace.
  2. Le rafraîchissement d’un tableau, d’un mobilier, d’une toilette.

Synonyms

fraîchissement

This word in other languages

refreshment(English)enfriamiento(Español)Abkühlung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arfraîchissement
  • rafarîchissement
  • raffraîchissement
  • rafracîhissement
  • rafraichissement
  • rafraîcchissement
  • rafraîchhissement
  • rafraîchisement
  • rafraîchisesment
  • rafraîchisseemnt
  • rafraîchissemennt
  • rafraîchissementt
  • rafraîchissemetn
  • rafraîchissemment
  • rafraîchissemnet
  • rafraîchissmeent
  • rafraîchsisement
  • rafraîcihssement
  • rafraîhcissement
  • rafrraîchissement
  • rafrîachissement
  • rarfaîchissement
  • rfaraîchissement
  • rrafraîchissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rafraîchissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arfraîchissement2rafarîchissement2raffraîchissement1rafracîhissement2rafraichissement1rafraîcchissement1rafraîchhissement1rafraîchisement1
Edit distance from "rafraîchissement"

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 "rafraîchissement"?
"rafraîchissement" is spelled R-A-F-R-A-Î-C-H-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\.
What does "rafraîchissement" mean?
As a noun, "rafraîchissement" means: Action de rendre plus frais ou résultat de cette action.
What are common misspellings of "rafraîchissement"?
Common misspellings include "arfraîchissement", "rafarîchissement", "raffraîchissement", "rafracîhissement", "rafraichissement". The correct spelling is "rafraîchissement".
How do you pronounce "rafraîchissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rafraîchissement" is \ʁa.fʁe.ʃis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rafraîchissement" come from?
"rafraîchissement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rafraîchissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (24 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list