rediffusion

\ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rediffusion” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,331
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouvelle diffusion d’une émission audiovisuelle ayant déjà été diffusée auparavant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rediffusion · rediffusion · French

rediffusion · rank #30,331 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,331
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconstruite

Nearest frequency peer: reconstruite (-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 « rediffusion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rediffusion » 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
Key facts for rediffusion
PropertyValue
Headwordrediffusion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#30,331
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rediffusion »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rediffusionse 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 « reconstruite » (#30,330), « ratatouille » (#30,329), « redémarrage » (#30,333). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rediffusion » est au #30,331. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around rediffusion (IPA \ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,331 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nouvelle diffusion d’une émission audiovisuelle ayant déjà été diffusée auparavant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for rediffusion, with forms such as "erdiffusion", "rdeiffusion", and "reddiffusion". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rediffusion, spelled R-E-D-I-F-F-U-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nouvelle diffusion d’une émission audiovisuelle ayant déjà été diffusée auparavant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette discrétion des médias est à comparer avec les nombreuses rediffusions auxquelles Nicolas Sarkozy a eu droit pour son "Karcher" ou sa "racaille", […].
  2. Voilà, incontestablement, un livre générationnel ! Hommes ou femmes de moins de 55 ans, passez votre chemin, vous n’y comprendriez fichtre rien. Mais pour tous les autres, ceux qui vous ont un relent de nostalgie quand ils aperçoivent un monte-lait ou la rediffusion de La tête et les jambes, n’hésitez pas.

This word in other languages

rerun(English)Wiederholung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdiffusion
  • rdeiffusion
  • reddiffusion
  • redfifusion
  • rediffsuion
  • rediffuison
  • rediffusino
  • rediffusionn
  • rediffusoin
  • rediffussion
  • redifufsion
  • redifusion
  • reidffusion
  • rrediffusion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erdiffusion2rdeiffusion2reddiffusion1redfifusion2rediffsuion2rediffuison2rediffusino2rediffusionn1
Edit distance from "rediffusion"

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 "rediffusion"?
"rediffusion" is spelled R-E-D-I-F-F-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\.
What does "rediffusion" mean?
As a noun, "rediffusion" means: Nouvelle diffusion d’une émission audiovisuelle ayant déjà été diffusée auparavant.
What are common misspellings of "rediffusion"?
Common misspellings include "erdiffusion", "rdeiffusion", "reddiffusion", "redfifusion", "rediffsuion". The correct spelling is "rediffusion".
How do you pronounce "rediffusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rediffusion" is \ʁə.di.fy.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rediffusion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ratatouille#30,329redémarrage#30,333pulmonaires#30,321préparaient#30,317

Similar misspelling depth

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

ponctuels14 variantsparfumerie14 variantssentences14 variantsnécropole14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list