réconciliation
\ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“réconciliation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,234 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,234
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Raccommodement de personnes qui étaient brouillées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réconciliation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #10,234 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réconciliation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for réconciliation is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,234 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for réconciliation, with forms such as "rcéonciliation", "reconciliation", and "rréconciliation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is réconciliation, spelled R-É-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Raccommodement de personnes qui étaient brouillées.
- 2Acte solennel par lequel un hérétique est réuni à l’Église catholique et relevé des censures qu’il avait encourues.
- 3Cérémonie qu’on fait pour bénir à nouveau une église profanée.
- 4Rapprochement des comptes avec les relevés bancaires.
- 5Resynchronisation à la suite d'une désynchronisation. Mise en cohérence, harmonisation de données.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rcéonciliation,reconciliation,rréconciliation,récconciliation,récnociliation,récocniliation,réconcciliation,réconciilation,réconcilaition,réconciliaiton,réconciliatino,réconciliationn,réconciliatoin,réconciliattion,réconcilitaion,réconcilliation,réconcliiation,réconicliation,réconnciliation,réocnciliation,érconciliation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réconciliation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “réconciliation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-C-O-N-C-I-L-I-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.kɔ̃.si.lja.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.