ragondin
\ʁa.ɡɔ̃.dɛ̃\
The verdict
“ragondin” is uncommon French (frequency #87,073 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,073
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de grand rongeur trapu amphibie dont la tête ressemble à celle d’une marmotte et dont la queue écailleuse est ronde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ragondin · ragondin · French
ragondin · rank #87,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,073
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH raflent
Nearest frequency peer: raflent (-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 « ragondin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- raffermisse…
raffermissement
12,931 corpus weight
- raffles
raffles
12,930 corpus weight
- raflent
raflent
12,929 corpus weight
- ragondin
ragondin
12,928 corpus weight
- raina
raina
12,927 corpus weight
- rajoutons
rajoutons
12,926 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ragondin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ragondin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ɡɔ̃.dɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ragondin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ragondin is uncommon French at frequency #87,073 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.ɡɔ̃.dɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ragondin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ragondin, spelled R-A-G-O-N-D-I-N.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand rongeur trapu amphibie dont la tête ressemble à celle d’une marmotte et dont la queue écailleuse est ronde.
- 2Fourrure de cet animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ragondin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les ragondins, ces espèces de racoons des Appalaches introduits dans le marais au début du siècle pour apporter par leur fourrure un complément de revenus aux Briérons, furent surpris le corps à moitié pris dans la glace alors qu’ils tentaient de s’extraire de leurs terriers immergés dans les berges (La Presqu’île de l’Ouest).
Quelques piégeages visant des ragondins, avec qui elle est souvent confondue, lui sont encore aussi fatals.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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