ralenti

\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\

/\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\/ adj

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The verdict

“ralenti” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,115
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est devenu plus lent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ralenti · ralenti · French

ralenti · rank #11,115 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,115
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raisonnables

Nearest frequency peer: raisonnables (-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 « ralenti »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ralenti » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ralenti vs ratent
71% similar
ralenti vs repenti
71% similar
ralenti vs relents
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ralenti
PropertyValue
Headwordralenti
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,115
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ralenti »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raisonnables » (#11,114), « remboursé » (#11,116), « quelquefois » (#11,113). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ralenti » est au #11,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ralenti (IPA \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,115 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est devenu plus lent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ralenti, with forms such as "arlenti", "raelnti", and "ralenit". 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. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ratent", "repenti", "relents", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 ralenti, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est devenu plus lent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle s’occupa à tenir le verre très fort, devint ralentie dans ses gestes et dans sa voix.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arlenti
  • raelnti
  • ralenit
  • ralennti
  • ralentti
  • raletni
  • rallenti
  • ralneti
  • rlaenti
  • rralenti

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arlenti2raelnti2ralenit2ralennti1ralentti1raletni2rallenti1ralneti2
Edit distance from "ralenti"

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 "ralenti"?
"ralenti" is spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\.
What does "ralenti" mean?
As an adjective, "ralenti" means: Qui est devenu plus lent.
What words are commonly confused with "ralenti"?
"ralenti" is commonly confused with "ratent", "repenti", "relents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ralenti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ralenti" is \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ralenti" come from?
"ralenti" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retenus#11,122pompier#11,104polaire#11,103pointer#11,102

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

plongé10 variantsparlera10 variantstroupeau10 variantsmodérée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list