ralentissement
\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“ralentissement” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,343
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diminution de vitesse, de mouvement, d’activité.
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 | ralentissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #14,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ralentissement” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around ralentissement (IPA \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,343 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for ralentissement, with forms such as "arlentissement", "raelntissement", and "ralenitssement". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ralentissent", "retentissement", "ralentissements", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ralentissement, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Diminution de vitesse, de mouvement, d’activité.
- 2File de véhicules qui circulent à faible vitesse.
- 3Ralentissement des neutrons.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arlentissement
- raelntissement
- ralenitssement
- ralenntissement
- ralentisement
- ralentisesment
- ralentisseemnt
- ralentissemennt
- ralentissementt
- ralentissemetn
- ralentissemment
- ralentissemnet
- ralentissmeent
- ralentsisement
- ralenttissement
- raletnissement
- rallentissement
- ralnetissement
- rlaentissement
- rralentissement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ralentissement - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “ralentissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ralentissent” - see the side-by-side comparison. ralentissement vs ralentissent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.