react

\ʁe.akt\

/\ʁe.akt\/ noun

The verdict

“react” is uncommon French (frequency #70,998 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,998
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction (souvent en stream) d’un contenu (vidéo, audio, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index FR-react · react · French

react · rank #70,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,998
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rebondissent

Nearest frequency peer: rebondissent (+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 « react »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for react
PropertyValue
Headwordreact
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.akt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,998
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « react » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).reacttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rebondissent » (#70,999), « ravagea » (#70,996), « rassasiés » (#70,995). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « react » est au #70,998. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

react is uncommon French at frequency #70,998 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.akt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réaction (souvent en stream) d’un contenu (vidéo, audio, etc.).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for react in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 react, spelled R-E-A-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réaction (souvent en stream) d’un contenu (vidéo, audio, etc.).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pas de stream aujourd'hui on se retrouve demain en force avec la react SNK 💪 (en vrai je viens de me réveiller et j'ai la flemme de lancer juste après mdr)
  2. En voilà une vraie équipe déter ! J'en profite pour vous dire que les lives reviennent la semaine pro (et ça ne sera pas du react Requin92). Je viens de finir un beau tournage et là on passe sur une grosse phase de montage donc je pourrai stream tranquil' le soir.

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 "react"?
"react" is spelled R-E-A-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.akt\.
What does "react" mean?
As a noun, "react" means: Réaction (souvent en stream) d’un contenu (vidéo, audio, etc.).
How do you pronounce "react"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "react" is \ʁe.akt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "react" come from?
"react" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list