ralentis

\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\

/\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\/ noun

The verdict

“ralentis” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,503. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,503
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ralenti.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ralentis · ralentis · French

ralentis · rank #29,503 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,503
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raffinage

Nearest frequency peer: raffinage (-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 « ralentis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ralentis » 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).

ralentis vs relents
75% similar
ralentis vs ralenti
88% similar
ralentis vs ralentir
88% similar

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

Key facts for ralentis
PropertyValue
Headwordralentis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,503
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ralentis »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ralentisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raffinage » (#29,502), « rappelés » (#29,504), « RAF » (#29,501). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ralentis » est au #29,503. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ralentis (IPA \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,503 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ralenti.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ralentis, with forms such as "arlentis", "raelntis", and "ralenits". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "relents", "ralenti", "ralentir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ralentis, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ralenti.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous avez certainement déjà vu des ralentis à la télévision ou au cinéma.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arlentis
  • raelntis
  • ralenits
  • ralenntis
  • ralentiss
  • ralentsi
  • ralenttis
  • raletnis
  • rallentis
  • ralnetis
  • rlaentis
  • rralentis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ralentis - 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.

arlentis2raelntis2ralenits2ralenntis1ralentiss1ralentsi2ralenttis1raletnis2
Edit distance from "ralentis"

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 "ralentis"?
"ralentis" is spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti\.
What does "ralentis" mean?
As a noun, "ralentis" means: Pluriel de ralenti.
What words are commonly confused with "ralentis"?
"ralentis" is commonly confused with "relents", "ralenti", "ralentir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ralentis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ralentis" 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 "ralentis" come from?
"ralentis" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list