Rainville

\ʁɛ̃.vil\

/\ʁɛ̃.vil\/ name

The verdict

“Rainville” is uncommon French (frequency #79,660 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,660
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rainville · Rainville · French

Rainville · rank #79,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,660
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raconterez

Nearest frequency peer: raconterez (-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 « Rainville »

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 « Rainville » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Rainville
PropertyValue
HeadwordRainville
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʁɛ̃.vil\
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Rainville » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Rainvilletombe 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: « raconterez » (#79,659), « Ramsar » (#79,661), « rassasiée » (#79,662). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « Rainville » est au #79,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Rainville is uncommon French at frequency #79,660 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁɛ̃.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Rainville, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Rainville, spelled R-A-I-N-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.

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 "Rainville"?
"Rainville" is spelled R-A-I-N-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ̃.vil\.
What does "Rainville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Rainville" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Vosges.
How do you pronounce "Rainville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rainville" is \ʁɛ̃.vil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rainville" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list