râlant
\ʁɑ.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“râlant” is uncommon French (frequency #87,118 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,118
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui râle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ralant · râlant · French
râlant · rank #87,118 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,118
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rustica
Nearest frequency peer: rustica (-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 « râlant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Rouyer
Rouyer
12,886 corpus weight
- rustica
rustica
12,884 corpus weight
- râlant
râlant
12,883 corpus weight
- râpées
râpées
12,882 corpus weight
- rédigera
rédigera
12,881 corpus weight
- réexpliquer
réexpliquer
12,880 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « râlant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | râlant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɑ.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « râlant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
râlant is uncommon French at frequency #87,118 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɑ.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui râle.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for râlant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is râlant, spelled R-Â-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui râle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how râlant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…, et cependant sa respiration râlante indiquait encore plus d'effroi que de fatigue.
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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