rational
\ʁa.sjɔ.nal\
The verdict
“rational” is uncommon French (frequency #94,186 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,186
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morceau d’étoffe carré, que le grand prêtre des juifs portait sur la poitrine et qui était orné de douze pierres précieuses sur chacune desquelles était gravé le nom d’une des douze tribus d’Israël.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rational · rational · French
rational · rank #94,186 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,186
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ratissent
Nearest frequency peer: ratissent (+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 « rational »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ranchs
ranchs
5,819 corpus weight
- rappliquer
rappliquer
5,817 corpus weight
- rational
rational
5,815 corpus weight
- ratissent
ratissent
5,814 corpus weight
- Rauch
Rauch
5,813 corpus weight
- rebellés
rebellés
5,811 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rational » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rational |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.sjɔ.nal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rational » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rational is uncommon French at frequency #94,186 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.sjɔ.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rational, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 rational, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Morceau d’étoffe carré, que le grand prêtre des juifs portait sur la poitrine et qui était orné de douze pierres précieuses sur chacune desquelles était gravé le nom d’une des douze tribus d’Israël.
- 2Pectoral.
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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.
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