redéfinir

\ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\

/\ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“redéfinir” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,319. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,319
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Définir une nouvelle fois, en changeant quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redefinir · redéfinir · French

redéfinir · rank #28,319 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,319
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recensées

Nearest frequency peer: recensées (-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 « redéfinir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « redéfinir » 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).

redéfinir vs redevenir
67% similar

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

Key facts for redéfinir
PropertyValue
Headwordredéfinir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#28,319
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redéfinir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.redéfinirse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « recensées » (#28,318), « reflex » (#28,320), « Ravel » (#28,317). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « redéfinir » est au #28,319. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around redéfinir (IPA \ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,319 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Définir une nouvelle fois, en changeant quelque chose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for redéfinir, with forms such as "erdéfinir", "rdeéfinir", and "reddéfinir". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "redevenir", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is redéfinir, spelled R-E-D-É-F-I-N-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Définir une nouvelle fois, en changeant quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La glose est définitoire, ce qui autorise Raoul de Presles à ne pas redéfinir ou regloser le terme dans la deuxième occurrence.
  2. Bientôt, il lui faudrait affronter la rentrée, commencer une nouvelle année. Aussi loin qu’elle s’en souvienne, Lucile détestait cette période. Chaque année, il fallait réinventer les horaires, redéfinir les itinéraires, tout recommencer.

This word in other languages

redefine(English)redefinir(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdéfinir
  • rdeéfinir
  • reddéfinir
  • redefinir
  • redféinir
  • redéffinir
  • redéfiinr
  • redéfinirr
  • redéfinnir
  • redéfinri
  • redéfniir
  • redéifnir
  • reédfinir
  • rredéfinir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redéfinir - 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.

erdéfinir2rdeéfinir2reddéfinir1redefinir1redféinir2redéffinir1redéfiinr2redéfinirr1
Edit distance from "redéfinir"

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 "redéfinir"?
"redéfinir" is spelled R-E-D-É-F-I-N-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\.
What does "redéfinir" mean?
As a verb, "redéfinir" means: Définir une nouvelle fois, en changeant quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "redéfinir"?
"redéfinir" is commonly confused with "redevenir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "redéfinir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redéfinir" is \ʁə.de.fi.niʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redéfinir" come from?
"redéfinir" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recensées#28,318reflétant#28,321rapatriés#28,316préparons#28,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

retraçant14 variantsportuaires14 variantssoumissions14 variantsparleront14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list