rationnel
\ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\
The verdict
“rationnel” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,674. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,674
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce que l’on ne conçoit que par l’entendement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rationnel · rationnel · French
rationnel · rank #13,674 · 11 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,674
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH raids
Nearest frequency peer: raids (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rationnel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pâtisserie
pâtisserie
86,330 corpus weight
- querelle
querelle
86,329 corpus weight
- raids
raids
86,328 corpus weight
- rationnel
rationnel
86,327 corpus weight
- relou
relou
86,326 corpus weight
- remords
remords
86,325 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rationnel” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rationnel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “rationnel” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around rationnel (IPA \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,674 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rationnel, with forms such as "artionnel", "raitonnel", and "ratinonel". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rationnels", "rationnelle", "relationnel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 rationnel, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Ce que l’on ne conçoit que par l’entendement.
- 2Qualifie le plan de l’horizon, rapporté au centre de la Terre et prolongé indéfiniment dans l’espace ; par opposition à horizon sensible, celui que l’on suppose toucher la Terre au point où est l’observateur et qui est perpendiculaire à la verticale.
- 3Qui est raisonné, qui est fondé sur le raisonnement.
- 4Qualifie la partie des théories mécaniques dans le développement desquelles l’analyse mathématique joue le principal rôle.
- 5Qualifie un objet mathématique obtenu par le quotient de deux objets mathématiques d'une nature plus élémentaire, comme un nombre rationnel ou une fraction rationnelle.
- 6Qualifie un acheteur qui suit le modèle théorique de l'offre et de la demande, sans tenir compte de sa capacité à s'informer, ni des limites de temps dans la prise de décision, ni des facteurs sociaux et psychologiques.
- 7(Intelligence Artificielle) Qualifie un agent qui dépend à un instant donné de quatre facteurs : • la mesure de performance qui définit le critère de succès ; • la connaissance de l'environnement précédemment acquise par l'agent ; • les actions que l'agent peut réaliser ; • la séquence de percepts de l'agent au moment considéré.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rationnel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’esprit du christianisme n’est pas rationnel, au sens grec du terme, puisque Dieu était au-delà de la raison et que « Son ordonnance de l’univers » devait être acceptée et non expliquée.
Pour atteindre ce but tous les moyens ne sont pas indifférents ; il y a des lois à observer et une marche rationnelle à suivre.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- artionnel
- raitonnel
- ratinonel
- rationel
- rationenl
- rationnell
- rationnle
- ratoinnel
- rattionnel
- rrationnel
- rtaionnel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rationnel - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rationnel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "rationnel". Here's where to go from here.
- "rationnel" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rationnels". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #13,674 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.