rapatrie

\ʁa.pa.tʁi\

/\ʁa.pa.tʁi\/ verb

The verdict

“rapatrie” is uncommon French (frequency #76,948 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,948
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapatrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rapatrie · rapatrie · French

rapatrie · rank #76,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,948
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rands

Nearest frequency peer: rands (-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 « rapatrie »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rapatrie
PropertyValue
Headwordrapatrie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.pa.tʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,948
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rapatrie » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rapatrietombe 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: « rands » (#76,947), « rapprochaient » (#76,949), « Rayane » (#76,950). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rapatrie » est au #76,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rapatrie is uncommon French at frequency #76,948 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.pa.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for rapatrie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rapatrie, spelled R-A-P-A-T-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapatrier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapatrier.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de rapatrier.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de rapatrier.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de rapatrier.

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 "rapatrie"?
"rapatrie" is spelled R-A-P-A-T-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pa.tʁi\.
What does "rapatrie" mean?
As a verb, "rapatrie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rapatrier.
How do you pronounce "rapatrie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rapatrie" is \ʁa.pa.tʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rapatrie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list