ralentissant
\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“ralentissant” is uncommon French (frequency #54,826 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,826
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de ralentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ralentissant · ralentissant · French
ralentissant · rank #54,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,826
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH radeaux
Nearest frequency peer: radeaux (-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 « ralentissant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quarterly
quarterly
45,178 corpus weight
- quittance
quittance
45,177 corpus weight
- radeaux
radeaux
45,176 corpus weight
- ralentissant
ralentissant
45,175 corpus weight
- Ramallah
Ramallah
45,174 corpus weight
- ramassant
ramassant
45,173 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ralentissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ralentissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #54,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ralentissant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ralentissant is uncommon French at frequency #54,826 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de ralentir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ralentissant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ralentissant, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de ralentir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ralentissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour preuve : les personnes prenant un traitement immunosuppresseur (ralentissant le système immunitaire) ou ayant des maladies avec immunosuppression, comme le Sida, ont plus de risques de développer une tumeur que les autres.
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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