ralentissements

Name: ralentissements, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\

/\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ralentissements” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,745
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 22
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ralentissements · ralentissements · French

ralentissements · rank #48,745 · 22 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #48,745
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 22 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH raffinées

Nearest frequency peer: raffinées (-2 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.

Pétrarque

51,262
Quimperlé

51,260
radial

51,259
raffinées

51,258
ralentissem…

51,256
rassembla

51,253

What this shows « ralentissements » 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).

ralentissements vs ralentissement

93% similar

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

Key facts for ralentissements
Property	Value
Headword	ralentissements
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#48,745
Misspellings tracked	22
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ralentissements »

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

#48,745

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « raffinées » (#48,743), « radial » (#48,742), « rassembla » (#48,748). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ralentissements » est au #48,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around ralentissements (IPA \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,745 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ralentissement.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for ralentissements, with forms such as "arlentissements", "raelntissements", and "ralenitssements". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ralentissement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ralentissements, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

1
Pluriel de ralentissement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Ces effets sont connus ; ce qui l’est beaucoup moins, ce sont les ralentissements de la respiration pendant des efforts physiques locaux et violents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arlentissements
raelntissements
ralenitssements
ralenntissements
ralentisements
ralentisesments
ralentisseemnts
ralentissemennts
ralentissemenst
ralentissementss
ralentissementts
ralentissemetns
ralentissemments
ralentissemnets
ralentissmeents
ralentsisements
ralenttissements
raletnissements
rallentissements
ralnetissements
rlaentissements
rralentissements

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "ralentissements"

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 "ralentissements"?

"ralentissements" is spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\.

What does "ralentissements" mean?

As a noun, "ralentissements" means: Pluriel de ralentissement.

What words are commonly confused with "ralentissements"?

"ralentissements" is commonly confused with "ralentissement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ralentissements"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ralentissements" is \ʁa.lɑ̃.tis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ralentissements" come from?

"ralentissements" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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