redingote

\ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\

/\ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“redingote” is uncommon French (frequency #71,859 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,859
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Manteau d’homme, ou de femme, ample, à longs pans pouvant descendre jusqu’aux chevilles, plus ou moins serré à la taille et ouvert par une fente dans le dos, qui servait à l’origine aux cavaliers e...

Key facts for redingote
PropertyValue
Headwordredingote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “redingote” 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). redingote lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

redingote is uncommon French at frequency #71,859 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for redingote in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is redingote, spelled R-E-D-I-N-G-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manteau d’homme, ou de femme, ample, à longs pans pouvant descendre jusqu’aux chevilles, plus ou moins serré à la taille et ouvert par une fente dans le dos, qui servait à l’origine aux cavaliers et fut adopté pour certains uniformes d’officiers.
  2. 2
    A désigné au xixᵉ siècle une longue veste, de ville ou de cérémonie , à revers et fendue dans le bas du dos.
  3. 3
    Capote anglaise

Synonyms

redingue

This word in other languages

riding coat(English)

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 "redingote"?
"redingote" is spelled R-E-D-I-N-G-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\.
What does "redingote" mean?
As a noun, "redingote" means: Manteau d’homme, ou de femme, ample, à longs pans pouvant descendre jusqu’aux chevilles, plus ou moins serré à la taille et ouvert par une fente dans le dos, qui servait à l’origine aux cavaliers e...
How do you pronounce "redingote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redingote" is \ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redingote" come from?
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Using “redingote”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-D-I-N-G-O-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.dɛ̃.ɡɔt\ (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