réduisaient
\ʁe.dɥi.zɛ\
The verdict
“réduisaient” is uncommon French (frequency #77,897 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,897
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de réduire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reduisaient · réduisaient · French
réduisaient · rank #77,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,897
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rédigeait
Nearest frequency peer: rédigeait (-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 « réduisaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rushes
rushes
22,108 corpus weight
- récessif
récessif
22,106 corpus weight
- rédigeait
rédigeait
22,105 corpus weight
- réduisaient
réduisaient
22,104 corpus weight
- réinvestit
réinvestit
22,102 corpus weight
- répertoriant
répertoriant
22,100 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réduisaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réduisaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.dɥi.zɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #77,897 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réduisaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réduisaient is uncommon French at frequency #77,897 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.dɥi.zɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de réduire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for réduisaient in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is réduisaient, spelled R-É-D-U-I-S-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de réduire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how réduisaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fallait désagrandir ce et ceux qui, d’une manière ou d’une autre, réduisaient l’humain, ceux dont le travail consistait à saper ceux qui étaient de l’autre côté de la barrière.
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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