redouter

\ʁə.du.te\

/\ʁə.du.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“redouter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,681
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Craindre fort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-redouter · redouter · French

redouter · rank #31,681 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,681
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH redevienne

Nearest frequency peer: redevienne (-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 « redouter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « redouter » 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).

redouter vs renouer
75% similar
redouter vs rejouer
75% similar
redouter vs réfuter
63% similar

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

Key facts for redouter
PropertyValue
Headwordredouter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.du.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#31,681
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redouter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).redouterse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « redevienne » (#31,680), « regrettera » (#31,682), « recopier » (#31,679). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « redouter » est au #31,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around redouter (IPA \ʁə.du.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,681 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for redouter, with forms such as "erdouter", "rdeouter", and "reddouter". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "renouer", "rejouer", "réfuter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is redouter, spelled R-E-D-O-U-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Craindre fort.
  2. 2
    Ne pas être à son aise dans.
  3. 3
    Pouvoir être détérioré par. → voir craindre

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je redoutais une rixe. Une vraie bagarre avec coups de carafe, de chaise et pétarade de revolver. Il ne s'est rien passé.
  2. Eh bien ! mon petit Fagerolle, ce gaillard là est redouté par les plus fortiches.

This word in other languages

fear(English)temer(Español)fürchten(Deutsch)amedrontar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erdouter
  • rdeouter
  • reddouter
  • redotuer
  • redouetr
  • redouterr
  • redoutre
  • redoutter
  • reduoter
  • reoduter
  • rredouter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redouter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erdouter2rdeouter2reddouter1redotuer2redouetr2redouterr1redoutre2redoutter1
Edit distance from "redouter"

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 "redouter"?
"redouter" is spelled R-E-D-O-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.du.te\.
What does "redouter" mean?
As a verb, "redouter" means: Craindre fort.
What words are commonly confused with "redouter"?
"redouter" is commonly confused with "renouer", "rejouer", "réfuter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "redouter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "redouter" is \ʁə.du.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "redouter" come from?
"redouter" 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 "redouter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recopier#31,679renommer#31,686ratifier#31,674ramenait#31,672

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

raffinés11 variantspropagé11 variantspromises11 variantsPresley11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list