réduire à zéro
\ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿a ze.ʁo\
The verdict
“réduire à zéro” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anéantir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reduire-a-zero · réduire à zéro · French
réduire à zéro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réduire à zéro |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿a ze.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réduire à zéro » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réduire à zéro is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿a ze.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anéantir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for réduire à zéro in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réduire à zéro, spelled R-É-D-U-I-R-E- -À- -Z-É-R-O.
Definition
- 1Anéantir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how réduire à zéro appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 2020, les fonds résiduels accordés aux collectivités locales par l’Etat central britannique seront quasi réduits à zéro, contraignant ces dernières à continuer à orchestrer la réduction du domaine public.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.