réduire en cendres
\ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“réduire en cendres” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Consumer entièrement par le feu.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réduire en cendres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réduire en cendres” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for réduire en cendres is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.dɥi.ʁ‿ɑ̃ sɑ̃dʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Consumer entièrement par le feu.".
réduire en cendres has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is réduire en cendres, spelled R-É-D-U-I-R-E- -E-N- -C-E-N-D-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Consumer entièrement par le feu.
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.
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Using “réduire en cendres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-D-U-I-R-E- -E-N- -C-E-N-D-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.