réduire au silence
\ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿o si.lɑ̃s\
The verdict
“réduire au silence” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire taire par la force.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reduire-au-silence · réduire au silence · French
réduire au silence · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 au silence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿o si.lɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réduire au silence » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réduire au silence is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿o si.lɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire taire par la force.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for réduire au silence, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is réduire au silence, spelled R-É-D-U-I-R-E- -A-U- -S-I-L-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Faire taire par la force.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réduire au silence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fois ces critiques réduites au silence, il restera à gérer les ultranationalistes.
Invité dans le bureau Ovale, le rappeur s’est lancé dans une logorrhée surréaliste qui a réduit Donald Trump au silence.
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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.