recommençait
\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ\
The verdict
“recommençait” is uncommon French (frequency #60,330 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,330
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de recommencer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recommencait · recommençait · French
recommençait · rank #60,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,330
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rechignent
Nearest frequency peer: rechignent (-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 « recommençait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rayées
rayées
39,676 corpus weight
- Raúl
Raúl
39,675 corpus weight
- rechignent
rechignent
39,672 corpus weight
- recommençait
recommençait
39,671 corpus weight
- Redding
Redding
39,670 corpus weight
- redressée
redressée
39,669 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recommençait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recommençait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recommençait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recommençait is uncommon French at frequency #60,330 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de recommencer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for recommençait, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recommençait, spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-E-N-Ç-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de recommencer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recommençait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le major Parker et le docteur le suivirent dans la rue, mais Aurelle, qui rimaillait encore, resta avec le Padre qui recommençait la même réussite pour la quatorzième fois de la soirée.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).