réduplication
\ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réduplication |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.dy.pli.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réduplication » en français
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
- 1Répétition à l’identique.
- 2Répétition d’un élément : lettre, syllabe, mot, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réduplication appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour nous, le problème n’est pas d’une utopique et stérile tentative de réduplication, mais d’un dépassement.
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.
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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.