ralentisse

\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\

/\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\/ verb

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The verdict

“ralentisse” is uncommon French (frequency #70,148 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,148
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ralentir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ralentisse · ralentisse · French

ralentisse · rank #70,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,148
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rached

Nearest frequency peer: Rached (-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 « ralentisse »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ralentisse » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ralentisse
PropertyValue
Headwordralentisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ralentisse » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ralentissetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Rached » (#70,147), « rassurait » (#70,149), « rabâcher » (#70,146). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ralentisse » est au #70,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ralentisse is uncommon French at frequency #70,148 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ralentisse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 ralentisse, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ralentir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ralentir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait du subjonctif de ralentir.

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 "ralentisse"?
"ralentisse" is spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\.
What does "ralentisse" mean?
As a verb, "ralentisse" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ralentir.
How do you pronounce "ralentisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ralentisse" is \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ralentisse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Rendezvous#70,159renflement#70,160rentrerais#70,161polarisant#70,119

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list