rallongent

\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\

/\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\/ verb

The verdict

“rallongent” is uncommon French (frequency #93,145 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,145
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe rallonger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rallongent · rallongent · French

rallongent · rank #93,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,145
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rambla

Nearest frequency peer: rambla (+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 « rallongent »

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 « rallongent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rallongent
PropertyValue
Headwordrallongent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#93,145
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rallongent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rallongenttombe 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: « rambla » (#93,146), « ragoûts » (#93,143), « ramenons » (#93,147). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rallongent » est au #93,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rallongent is uncommon French at frequency #93,145 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for rallongent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rallongent, spelled R-A-L-L-O-N-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe rallonger.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe rallonger.

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 "rallongent"?
"rallongent" is spelled R-A-L-L-O-N-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\.
What does "rallongent" mean?
As a verb, "rallongent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe rallonger.
How do you pronounce "rallongent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rallongent" is \ʁa.lɔ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rallongent" come from?
"rallongent" 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 "rallongent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list