redéfinition
\ʁə.de.fi.ni.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“redéfinition” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,519
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de changer, de reformuler une définition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redéfinition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.de.fi.ni.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #37,519 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “redéfinition” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around redéfinition (IPA \ʁə.de.fi.ni.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,519 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for redéfinition, with forms such as "erdéfinition", "rdeéfinition", and "reddéfinition". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is redéfinition, spelled R-E-D-É-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action de changer, de reformuler une définition.
- 2Écrasement d’une méthode d’une classe dans une de ses instances.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erdéfinition
- rdeéfinition
- reddéfinition
- redefinition
- redféinition
- redéffinition
- redéfiintion
- redéfiniiton
- redéfinitino
- redéfinitionn
- redéfinitoin
- redéfinittion
- redéfinnition
- redéfintiion
- redéfniition
- redéifnition
- reédfinition
- rredéfinition
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redéfinition - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “redéfinition”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-D-É-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.de.fi.ni.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.