rébarbatif
\ʁe.baʁ.ba.tif\
The verdict
“rébarbatif” is uncommon French (frequency #73,523 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,523
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une personne peu engageante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rebarbatif · rébarbatif · French
rébarbatif · rank #73,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,523
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réarmer
Nearest frequency peer: réarmer (-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 « rébarbatif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- râteliers
râteliers
26,481 corpus weight
- réagiront
réagiront
26,480 corpus weight
- réarmer
réarmer
26,479 corpus weight
- rébarbatif
rébarbatif
26,478 corpus weight
- réconcilient
réconcilient
26,477 corpus weight
- récréations
récréations
26,476 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rébarbatif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rébarbatif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.baʁ.ba.tif\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rébarbatif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rébarbatif is uncommon French at frequency #73,523 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.baʁ.ba.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rébarbatif has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rébarbatif, spelled R-É-B-A-R-B-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qualifie une personne peu engageante.
- 2Ennuyeux ; sans attraits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rébarbatif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’avait pas l’air rébarbatif de ces graves personnages qui ne rient jamais, par principe, et dont la nullité se couvre d’un masque sérieux.
[…] ; il me semble n’y avoir vu encore que des visages effarouchés ou rébarbatifs. Peut-être aussi les Parisiens ont-ils peur de l’orage.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "rébarbatif"?
What does "rébarbatif" mean?
How do you pronounce "rébarbatif"?
What language does "rébarbatif" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rébarbatif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).