rarissimes

\ʁa.ʁi.sim\

/\ʁa.ʁi.sim\/ adj

The verdict

“rarissimes” is uncommon French (frequency #54,831 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,831
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rarissime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rarissimes · rarissimes · French

rarissimes · rank #54,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,831
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ramassées

Nearest frequency peer: ramassées (-2 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 « rarissimes »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rarissimes
PropertyValue
Headwordrarissimes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.ʁi.sim\
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,831
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rarissimes » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rarissimestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « ramassées » (#54,829), « ravies » (#54,833), « ramassant » (#54,828). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rarissimes » est au #54,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rarissimes is uncommon French at frequency #54,831 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁa.ʁi.sim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de rarissime.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rarissimes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rarissimes, spelled R-A-R-I-S-S-I-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rarissime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les protestations des plumes célèbres, des grandes consciences ont été rarissimes.

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 "rarissimes"?
"rarissimes" is spelled R-A-R-I-S-S-I-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ʁi.sim\.
What does "rarissimes" mean?
As an adjective, "rarissimes" means: Pluriel de rarissime.
How do you pronounce "rarissimes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rarissimes" 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 "rarissimes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rarissimes", 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