référendaires
\ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.dɛʁ\
The verdict
“référendaires” is uncommon French (frequency #74,355 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,355
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de référendaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-referendaires · référendaires · French
référendaires · rank #74,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,355
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réflexif
Nearest frequency peer: réflexif (-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 « référendaires »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- récitait
récitait
25,649 corpus weight
- récupérateu…
récupérateurs
25,648 corpus weight
- réflexif
réflexif
25,647 corpus weight
- référendair…
référendaires
25,646 corpus weight
- régenter
régenter
25,645 corpus weight
- régularisat…
régularisations
25,644 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « référendaires » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | référendaires |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.dɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #74,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « référendaires » en français
Rare enough to double-check
référendaires is uncommon French at frequency #74,355 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.fe.ʁɑ̃.dɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de référendaire.".
référendaires has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is référendaires, spelled R-É-F-É-R-E-N-D-A-I-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de référendaire.
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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