rallumé

\ʁa.ly.me\

/\ʁa.ly.me\/ verb

The verdict

“rallumé” is uncommon French (frequency #62,564 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,564
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de rallumer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rallume · rallumé · French

rallumé · rank #62,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH raine

Nearest frequency peer: raine (-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 « rallumé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rallumé
PropertyValue
Headwordrallumé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.ly.me\
Letters7
Frequency rank#62,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rallumé » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rallumétombe 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: « raine » (#62,563), « Ramatuelle » (#62,565), « radiales » (#62,562). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rallumé » est au #62,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rallumé is uncommon French at frequency #62,564 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.ly.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de rallumer.".

rallumé has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rallumé, spelled R-A-L-L-U-M-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de rallumer.

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 "rallumé"?
"rallumé" is spelled R-A-L-L-U-M-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ly.me\.
What does "rallumé" mean?
As a verb, "rallumé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de rallumer.
How do you pronounce "rallumé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rallumé" is \ʁa.ly.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rallumé" come from?
"rallumé" 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 "rallumé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list