réaffirmation
\ʁe.a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“réaffirmation” is uncommon French (frequency #74,351 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,351
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réaffirmer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reaffirmation · réaffirmation · French
réaffirmation · rank #74,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,351
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH récitait
Nearest frequency peer: récitait (+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 « réaffirmation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ROR
ROR
25,655 corpus weight
- réaffirmati…
réaffirmation
25,650 corpus weight
- récitait
récitait
25,649 corpus weight
- récupérateu…
récupérateurs
25,648 corpus weight
- réflexif
réflexif
25,647 corpus weight
- référendair…
référendaires
25,646 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réaffirmation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réaffirmation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réaffirmation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réaffirmation is uncommon French at frequency #74,351 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.a.fiʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de réaffirmer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for réaffirmation, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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. The correct French form is réaffirmation, spelled R-É-A-F-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de réaffirmer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how réaffirmation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La réaffirmation du caractère central du problème de la réceptivité sera faite à propos du temps.
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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