ralentir
\ʁa.lɑ̃.tiʁ\
The verdict
“ralentir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,230. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,230
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminuer la vitesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ralentir · ralentir · French
ralentir · rank #9,230 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,230
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rails
Nearest frequency peer: rails (-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 « ralentir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- psychologue
psychologue
90,775 corpus weight
- pédagogie
pédagogie
90,774 corpus weight
- quittent
quittent
90,773 corpus weight
- rails
rails
90,772 corpus weight
- ralentir
ralentir
90,771 corpus weight
- refusant
refusant
90,770 corpus weight
What this shows « ralentir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ralentir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.lɑ̃.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ralentir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ralentir (IPA \ʁa.lɑ̃.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,230 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ralentir, with forms such as "arlentir", "raelntir", and "ralenitr". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "repentir", "ralentis", "ralenti", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ralentir, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Diminuer la vitesse.
- 2Rendre moins intense.
- 3Aller plus basse vitesse ; devenir plus lent.
- 4Réduire sa vitesse ; être moins actif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ralentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se souvenant de la fatigue qui l'avait assommée, pour ne point y succomber, elle s’injectait de la volonté. Toutefois, pour s’économiser, elle ralentit l'allure.
Les petits coups de freins de Chak et l’épais tapis de neige se conjuguèrent pour ralentir le camion, et ce fut quasiment au pas qu'il s'engagea dans l'ouverture.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arlentir
- raelntir
- ralenitr
- ralenntir
- ralentirr
- ralentri
- ralenttir
- raletnir
- rallentir
- ralnetir
- rlaentir
- rralentir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ralentir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).