rationnel

/\ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,674

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

rationnel is anFrenchadj. It means: Ce que l’on ne conçoit que par l’entendement. Pronounced \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. Often confused with rationnels and rationnelle.

Key facts for rationnel
PropertyValue
Headwordrationnel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,674
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rationnel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rationnel is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,674 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for rationnel, with forms such as "artionnel", "raitonnel", and "ratinonel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rationnels", "rationnelle", "relationnel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rationnel, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce que l’on ne conçoit que par l’entendement.
  2. 2
    Qualifie 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.
  3. 3
    Qui est raisonné, qui est fondé sur le raisonnement.
  4. 4
    Qualifie la partie des théories mécaniques dans le développement desquelles l’analyse mathématique joue le principal rôle.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un objet mathématique obtenu par le quotient de deux objets mathématiques d'une nature plus élémentaire, comme un nombre rationnel ou une fraction rationnelle.
  6. 6
    Qualifie 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. 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.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rationnel

Misspelling Variants of "rationnel"

artionnel9raitonnel9ratinonel9rationel8rationenl9rationnell10rationnle9ratoinnel9
Misspelling Variants of "rationnel"

Frequency rank: #13,674 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rationnel"?
"rationnel" is spelled R-A-T-I-O-N-N-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\.
What does "rationnel" mean?
As an adj, "rationnel" means: Ce que l’on ne conçoit que par l’entendement.
What words are commonly confused with "rationnel"?
"rationnel" is commonly confused with "rationnels", "rationnelle", "relationnel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rationnel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rationnel" is \ʁa.sjɔ.nɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rationnel" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.