redondance

\ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\

/\ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“redondance” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,517. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,517
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abondance de répétitions, de développements, d’ornements, généralement considérée comme excessive, critiquée pour sa lourdeur, son obscurité, son emphase.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redondance · redondance · French

redondance · rank #37,517 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,517
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reddit

Nearest frequency peer: Reddit (-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 « redondance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « redondance » 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).

redondance vs résonance
70% similar

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

Key facts for redondance
PropertyValue
Headwordredondance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,517
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redondance »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).redondancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Reddit » (#37,516), « redécouvre » (#37,518), « reculées » (#37,515). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « redondance » est au #37,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around redondance (IPA \ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,517 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for redondance, with forms such as "erdondance", "rdeondance", and "reddondance". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "résonance", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 redondance, spelled R-E-D-O-N-D-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abondance de répétitions, de développements, d’ornements, généralement considérée comme excessive, critiquée pour sa lourdeur, son obscurité, son emphase.
  2. 2
    Caractère d’un message, d’un code, présentant des répétitions, des éléments excédentaires par rapport au nombre de signes strictement nécessaires à la transmission de l’information et permettant ainsi une compréhension et une fiabilité meilleures.
  3. 3
    Doublement (ou plus) d’un système de contrôle, de pilotage, etc. pour améliorer sa fiabilité.
  4. 4
    Doublement (ou plus) d’un système de contrôle, de pilotage, etc. pour améliorer sa fiabilité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut éviter les redondances dans ce qu’on écrit.
  2. — À considérer leur capacité crânienne, leur angle facial, et telles autres caractéristiques, énonça-t-il avec sa redondance habituelle, […]

Synonyms

battologiepléonasmetautologie

This word in other languages

redundancy(English)redundancia(Español)Redundanz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdondance
  • rdeondance
  • reddondance
  • rednodance
  • redodnance
  • redonadnce
  • redondacne
  • redondancce
  • redondanec
  • redondannce
  • redonddance
  • redondnace
  • redonndance
  • reodndance
  • rredondance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redondance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erdondance2rdeondance2reddondance1rednodance2redodnance2redonadnce2redondacne2redondancce1
Edit distance from "redondance"

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 "redondance"?
"redondance" is spelled R-E-D-O-N-D-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\.
What does "redondance" mean?
As a noun, "redondance" means: Abondance de répétitions, de développements, d’ornements, généralement considérée comme excessive, critiquée pour sa lourdeur, son obscurité, son emphase.
What words are commonly confused with "redondance"?
"redondance" is commonly confused with "résonance". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "redondance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redondance" is \ʁə.dɔ̃.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redondance" come from?
"redondance" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

redécouvre#37,518rattachent#37,513regrettant#37,521relevaient#37,524

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

renchérit15 variantsprétendez15 variantsromanciers15 variantsrécitation15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list