redoublant
\ʁə.du.blɑ̃\
The verdict
“redoublant” is uncommon French (frequency #87,085 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,085
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élève qui reprend le même niveau de classe au lieu de passer au niveau supérieur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-redoublant · redoublant · French
redoublant · rank #87,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,085
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recroquevillée
Nearest frequency peer: recroquevillée (-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 « redoublant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rebooter
rebooter
12,919 corpus weight
- recourbée
recourbée
12,918 corpus weight
- recroquevil…
recroquevillée
12,917 corpus weight
- redoublant
redoublant
12,916 corpus weight
- regorgeant
regorgeant
12,915 corpus weight
- relus
relus
12,913 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « redoublant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redoublant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.du.blɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « redoublant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
redoublant is uncommon French at frequency #87,085 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.du.blɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Élève qui reprend le même niveau de classe au lieu de passer au niveau supérieur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for redoublant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is redoublant, spelled R-E-D-O-U-B-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Élève qui reprend le même niveau de classe au lieu de passer au niveau supérieur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how redoublant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La majorité des élèves interrogés ne rendent pas explicitement le redoublant responsable de ses mauvais résultats et/ou de ses difficultés générales ou locales.
Antonyms
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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