réduplication

\ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“réduplication” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répétition à l’identique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reduplication · réduplication · French

réduplication · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 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.

Key facts for réduplication
PropertyValue
Headwordréduplication
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réduplication » en français

réduplicationn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réduplication is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for réduplication, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réduplication, spelled R-É-D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Répétition à l’identique.
  2. 2
    Répétition d’un élément : lettre, syllabe, mot, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour nous, le problème n’est pas d’une utopique et stérile tentative de réduplication, mais d’un dépassement.
  2. Quant à la réduplication du centrosome, nous ignorons entièrement si elle est due à une croissance, suivie d'une fission binaire, ou si elle se produit selon un mécanisme de modèle (template) ; nous renvoyons à ce qui a été dit plus haut, à propos de la réduplication des chromosomes, pour une discussion plus complète de ces deux possibilités.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réduplication"?
"réduplication" is spelled R-É-D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "réduplication" mean?
As a noun, "réduplication" means: Répétition à l’identique.
How do you pronounce "réduplication"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réduplication" is \ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réduplication" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list