raidir

\ʁɛ.diʁ\

/\ʁɛ.diʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“raidir” is uncommon French (frequency #99,538 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,538
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendre ou étendre avec force ; rendre raide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raidir · raidir · French

raidir · rank #99,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,538
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raillant

Nearest frequency peer: raillant (+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 « raidir »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « raidir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for raidir
PropertyValue
Headwordraidir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɛ.diʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « raidir » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).raidirtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « raillant » (#99,539), « rassurons » (#99,540), « racée » (#99,535). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raidir » est au #99,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

raidir is uncommon French at frequency #99,538 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɛ.diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for raidir in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is raidir, spelled R-A-I-D-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendre ou étendre avec force ; rendre raide.
  2. 2
    Devenir raide.
  3. 3
    Se tendre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. A peine fûmes-nous à bord que des rafales isolées tombèrent de la montagne ; l'une d'elle fut si violente et soudaine que le bateau raidissant sa chaîne cassa ses bosses ; le frein du guindeau se rompit ; il fallu mouiller le seconde ancre pour pouvoir le réparer.
  2. Raidissez le bras. — Raidissez la jambe. — Ses membres se raidissent.

Synonyms

rigidifier

This word in other languages

stiffen(English)endurecer(Español)aufziehen(Deutsch)entesar(Português)

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 "raidir"?
"raidir" is spelled R-A-I-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ.diʁ\.
What does "raidir" mean?
As a verb, "raidir" means: Tendre ou étendre avec force ; rendre raide.
How do you pronounce "raidir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raidir" is \ʁɛ.diʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raidir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pétées#99,525purgés#99,524renton#99,562reunir#99,571

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list