redistribution

\ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“redistribution” has 21 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,301. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,301
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de redistribuer, qui peut concerner, en économie, des revenus ou des biens, via des impôts et des transferts sociaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redistribution · redistribution · French

redistribution · rank #18,301 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,301
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 21 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rectangle

Nearest frequency peer: rectangle (-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 « redistribution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « redistribution » 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 redistribution
PropertyValue
Headwordredistribution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#18,301
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redistribution »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).redistributionse 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 « rectangle » (#18,300), « remportant » (#18,302), « recensés » (#18,299). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « redistribution » est au #18,301. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around redistribution (IPA \ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,301 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de redistribuer, qui peut concerner, en économie, des revenus ou des biens, via des impôts et des transferts sociaux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for redistribution, with forms such as "erdistribution", "rdeistribution", and "reddistribution". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is redistribution, spelled R-E-D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de redistribuer, qui peut concerner, en économie, des revenus ou des biens, via des impôts et des transferts sociaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La voie sociale-démocrate de la flexisécurité de l'emploi, couplée à une redistribution qui fasse prévaloir un principe de justice sociale à l'encontre des excès de la valeur actionnariale, est le chemin qui distinguera l'Europe dans la mondialisation de ce premier XXIᵉ siècle.
  2. Beaucoup d’Américains ne comprennent toujours pas qu’ils sont appauvris par un système de redistribution qui avantage outrageusement un très petit nombre de personnes extrêmement riches.

This word in other languages

redistribution(English)redistribución(Español)Umverteilung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdistribution
  • rdeistribution
  • reddistribution
  • redisrtibution
  • redisstribution
  • redistirbution
  • redistrbiution
  • redistribbution
  • redistribtuion
  • redistribuiton
  • redistributino
  • redistributionn
  • redistributoin
  • redistributtion
  • redistriubtion
  • redistrribution
  • redisttribution
  • reditsribution
  • redsitribution
  • reidstribution
  • rredistribution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erdistribution2rdeistribution2reddistribution1redisrtibution2redisstribution1redistirbution2redistrbiution2redistribbution1
Edit distance from "redistribution"

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 "redistribution"?
"redistribution" is spelled R-E-D-I-S-T-R-I-B-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\.
What does "redistribution" mean?
As a noun, "redistribution" means: Action de redistribuer, qui peut concerner, en économie, des revenus ou des biens, via des impôts et des transferts sociaux.
What are common misspellings of "redistribution"?
Common misspellings include "erdistribution", "rdeistribution", "reddistribution", "redisrtibution", "redisstribution". The correct spelling is "redistribution".
How do you pronounce "redistribution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redistribution" is \ʁə.dis.tʁi.by.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redistribution" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (21 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list