rarissime

\ʁa.ʁi.sim\

/\ʁa.ʁi.sim\/ adj

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The verdict

“rarissime” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,145. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,145
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extrêmement rare.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rarissime · rarissime · French

rarissime · rank #32,145 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,145
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ralentie

Nearest frequency peer: ralentie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rarissime »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rarissime » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rarissime
PropertyValue
Headwordrarissime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.ʁi.sim\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,145
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rarissime »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ralentie » (#32,144), « rayonnante » (#32,146), « rayonnements » (#32,147). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rarissime » est au #32,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rarissime (IPA \ʁa.ʁi.sim\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,145 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Extrêmement rare.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rarissime, with forms such as "arrissime", "rairssime", and "rarisime". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rarissime, spelled R-A-R-I-S-S-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrêmement rare.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle publiera chaque année deux volumes de textes, de format grand in-8, et une réimpression phototypographique de pièces rarissimes ou uniques.
  2. Ce document témoignage est inédit. Il est rarissime que l’on donne la parole à un agresseur sexuel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arrissime
  • rairssime
  • rarisime
  • rarisisme
  • rarissiem
  • rarissimme
  • rarissmie
  • rarrissime
  • rarsisime
  • rraissime
  • rrarissime

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rarissime - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arrissime2rairssime2rarisime1rarisisme2rarissiem2rarissimme1rarissmie2rarrissime1
Edit distance from "rarissime"

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 "rarissime"?
"rarissime" is spelled R-A-R-I-S-S-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ʁi.sim\.
What does "rarissime" mean?
As an adjective, "rarissime" means: Extrêmement rare.
What are common misspellings of "rarissime"?
Common misspellings include "arrissime", "rairssime", "rarisime", "rarisisme", "rarissiem". The correct spelling is "rarissime".
How do you pronounce "rarissime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rarissime" is \ʁa.ʁi.sim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rarissime" come from?
"rarissime" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ralentie11 variantsrefermé11 variantspéniche11 variantsrefouler11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list