redescends

\ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\

/\ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“redescends” is uncommon French (frequency #53,590 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,590
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redescendre.

Key facts for redescends
PropertyValue
Headwordredescends
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,590
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “redescends” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). redescends lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

redescends is uncommon French at frequency #53,590 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for redescends in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 redescends, spelled R-E-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redescendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redescendre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de redescendre.

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 "redescends"?
"redescends" is spelled R-E-D-E-S-C-E-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\.
What does "redescends" mean?
As a verb, "redescends" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redescendre.
How do you pronounce "redescends"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redescends" is \ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redescends" come from?
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Using “redescends”

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-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.dɛ.sɑ̃\ (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list