redevance

\ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\

/\ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“redevance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,850. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,850
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rente, somme payable à termes fixes, généralement en contrepartie d’un service.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redevance · redevance · French

redevance · rank #12,850 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,850
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Raoul

Nearest frequency peer: Raoul (-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 « redevance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « redevance » 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).

redevance vs redevenue
78% similar
redevance vs redevances
90% similar
redevance vs redevable
78% similar

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

Key facts for redevance
PropertyValue
Headwordredevance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,850
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redevance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).redevancese 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 « Raoul » (#12,849), « refusait » (#12,851), « Rafael » (#12,848). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « redevance » est au #12,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around redevance (IPA \ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,850 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for redevance, with forms such as "erdevance", "rdeevance", and "reddevance". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "redevenue", "redevances", "redevable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is redevance, spelled R-E-D-E-V-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rente, somme payable à termes fixes, généralement en contrepartie d’un service.
  2. 2
    Somme versée à échéances périodiques en contrepartie d’un avantage concédé contractuellement.
  3. 3
    Redevance audiovisuelle : contribution forfaitaire annuelle au bénéfice du service audiovisuel public.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En Pologne, chaque paysan, attaché en naissant à la glèbe du maître, cultive pour son propre compte une fraction de cette glèbe, dont il ne doit à son maître qu’une faible redevance, laquelle est un hommage lige plutôt qu’un impôt de quelque valeur.
  2. Les troupeaux transhumants appartiennent tantôt à de riches propriétaires ou capitalistes, tantôt à de petits cultivateurs de Provence, qui les confient à un bayle ou berger chef qui, à ses risques et périls, conduit les troupeaux, loue les pâturages, etc., en un mot se charge de l'estivage moyennant une redevance.

This word in other languages

fee(English)Gebühr(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdevance
  • rdeevance
  • reddevance
  • redeavnce
  • redevacne
  • redevancce
  • redevanec
  • redevannce
  • redevnace
  • redevvance
  • redveance
  • reedvance
  • rredevance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redevance - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erdevance2rdeevance2reddevance1redeavnce2redevacne2redevancce1redevanec2redevannce1
Edit distance from "redevance"

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 "redevance"?
"redevance" is spelled R-E-D-E-V-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\.
What does "redevance" mean?
As a noun, "redevance" means: Rente, somme payable à termes fixes, généralement en contrepartie d’un service.
What words are commonly confused with "redevance"?
"redevance" is commonly confused with "redevenue", "redevances", "redevable". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "redevance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redevance" is \ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redevance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

serviettes13 variantspanthéon13 variantstrembler13 variantsminimiser13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list