ralentissez
\ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.se\
The verdict
“ralentissez” is uncommon French (frequency #65,444 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,444
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ralentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ralentissez · ralentissez · French
ralentissez · rank #65,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,444
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rages
Nearest frequency peer: rages (-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 « ralentissez »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- quinine
quinine
34,561 corpus weight
- Quintin
Quintin
34,560 corpus weight
- rages
rages
34,558 corpus weight
- ralentissez
ralentissez
34,557 corpus weight
- rasseoir
rasseoir
34,556 corpus weight
- ravine
ravine
34,555 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ralentissez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ralentissez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.se\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ralentissez » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ralentissez is uncommon French at frequency #65,444 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.lɑ̃.ti.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ralentissez in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ralentissez, spelled R-A-L-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ralentir.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif 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.
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