rédac

\ʁe.dak\

/\ʁe.dak\/ noun

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The verdict

“rédac” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,593
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rédaction, devoir scolaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redac · rédac · French

rédac · rank #42,593 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,593
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH récupérez

Nearest frequency peer: récupérez (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rédac »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rédac » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rédac vs reds
40% similar
rédac vs reza
40% similar
rédac vs repas
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rédac
PropertyValue
Headwordrédac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.dak\
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,593
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rédac »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rédacse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « récupérez » (#42,592), « régionalisation » (#42,594), « réglant » (#42,595). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rédac » est au #42,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rédac (IPA \ʁe.dak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,593 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rédac, with forms such as "rdéac", "redac", and "rrédac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reds", "reza", "repas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rédac, spelled R-É-D-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rédaction, devoir scolaire.
  2. 2
    Équipe de rédaction d’un journal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rédac appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. — En quoi qu’t’es fort, toi ? demanda Fajal. — En tout, dit Simon, simplement. Mais c’que j’aime le mieux, c’est les rédacs, l’histoire et la géo.
  2. Et c’est vrai qu’il était bon en rédac. Mais pour le reste, je vous dis pas. Nullâtre et compagnie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rdéac
  • redac
  • rrédac
  • réadc
  • rédacc
  • rédca
  • réddac
  • érdac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rédac - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rdéac2redac1rrédac1réadc2rédacc1rédca2réddac1érdac2
Edit distance from "rédac"

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 "rédac"?
"rédac" is spelled R-É-D-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.dak\.
What does "rédac" mean?
As a noun, "rédac" means: Rédaction, devoir scolaire.
What words are commonly confused with "rédac"?
"rédac" is commonly confused with "reds", "reza", "repas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rédac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rédac" is \ʁe.dak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rédac" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rédac", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

salma#42,603reina#42,573Sikhs#42,619Staps#42,632

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Sodome8 variantsrappela8 variantsraffole8 variantsradium8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list