réaffectation
\ʁe.a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“réaffectation” is uncommon French (frequency #70,182 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,182
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réaffecter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reaffectation · réaffectation · French
réaffectation · rank #70,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,182
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réconciliée
Nearest frequency peer: réconciliée (+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 « réaffectation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ruinées
ruinées
29,822 corpus weight
- russophones
russophones
29,821 corpus weight
- réaffectati…
réaffectation
29,819 corpus weight
- réconciliée
réconciliée
29,818 corpus weight
- référait
référait
29,816 corpus weight
- réglons
réglons
29,815 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réaffectation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réaffectation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #70,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réaffectation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réaffectation is uncommon French at frequency #70,182 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.a.fɛk.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
réaffectation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is réaffectation, spelled R-É-A-F-F-E-C-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de réaffecter.
- 2Résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how réaffectation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La réaffectation de bâtiments anciens en musées est fréquente.
This word in other languages
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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