redneck
\ʁɛd.nɛk\
The verdict
“redneck” is uncommon French (frequency #86,104 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,104
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péquenaud américain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-redneck · redneck · French
redneck · rank #86,104 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,104
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recréent
Nearest frequency peer: recréent (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « redneck »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- recomposé
recomposé
13,900 corpus weight
- Reconquista
Reconquista
13,899 corpus weight
- recréent
recréent
13,898 corpus weight
- redneck
redneck
13,897 corpus weight
- redondo
redondo
13,896 corpus weight
- redoux
redoux
13,895 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « redneck » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redneck |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛd.nɛk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « redneck » en français
Rare enough to double-check
redneck is uncommon French at frequency #86,104 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛd.nɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Péquenaud américain.".
redneck has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 redneck, spelled R-E-D-N-E-C-K.
Definition
- 1Péquenaud américain.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redneck appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un dimanche matin, j’étais à l’affût de quelque chose à chaparder quand un redneck s’est approché de moi. Comme tous les bouseux, il parlait fort, roulait des mécaniques et s’exprimait avec un accent du Sud à couper au couteau.
Des deux côtés, ils sont le produit d’un environnement. Les rednecks sont en général des gens qui ont de vrais soucis, mais qui ne sont pas assez éduqués pour s’exprimer calmement et clairement.
This word in other languages
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.
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