redescendre
\ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“redescendre” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,721
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Descendre après être monté.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redescendre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “redescendre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around redescendre (IPA \ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,721 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for redescendre, with forms such as "erdescendre", "rdeescendre", and "reddescendre". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "redescendu", "redescend", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is redescendre, spelled R-E-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Descendre après être monté.
- 2Descendre de nouveau.
- 3Ôter de nouveau d’un lieu élevé ; mettre plus bas.
- 4Parcourir en redescendant après avoir monté.
- 5Pour un comédien, se déplacer du fond de la scène du théâtre vers le public.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erdescendre,rdeescendre,reddescendre,redecsendre,redesccendre,redescednre,redescenddre,redescender,redescendrre,redescenndre,redescenrde,redescnedre,redesecndre,redesscendre,redsecendre,reedscendre,rredescendre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redescendre - 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 “redescendre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “redescendu” - see the side-by-side comparison. redescendre vs redescendu
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.