refondation

\ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“refondation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,215
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de fonder de nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-refondation · refondation · French

refondation · rank #31,215 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,215
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reese

Nearest frequency peer: Reese (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « refondation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « refondation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for refondation
PropertyValue
Headwordrefondation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#31,215
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « refondation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).refondationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Reese » (#31,214), « religieusement » (#31,217), « redit » (#31,212). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « refondation » est au #31,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around refondation (IPA \ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,215 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de fonder de nouveau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for refondation, with forms such as "erfondation", "reffondation", and "refnodation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is refondation, spelled R-E-F-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de fonder de nouveau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Depuis la tentative avortée de refondation d’un empire, le pays [Mexique] a pris un certain essor.
  2. À ce compte-là, ce n’est pas tant d’une refondation que ce réseau a besoin, mais d’une reconstruction visant à ressusciter sa vocation véritablement universelle, gratuite, accessible et de qualité.

This word in other languages

refoundation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erfondation
  • reffondation
  • refnodation
  • refodnation
  • refonadtion
  • refondaiton
  • refondatino
  • refondationn
  • refondatoin
  • refondattion
  • refonddation
  • refondtaion
  • refonndation
  • reofndation
  • rfeondation
  • rrefondation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of refondation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erfondation2reffondation1refnodation2refodnation2refonadtion2refondaiton2refondatino2refondationn1
Edit distance from "refondation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "refondation"?
"refondation" is spelled R-E-F-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\.
What does "refondation" mean?
As a noun, "refondation" means: Action de fonder de nouveau.
What are common misspellings of "refondation"?
Common misspellings include "erfondation", "reffondation", "refnodation", "refodnation", "refonadtion". The correct spelling is "refondation".
How do you pronounce "refondation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "refondation" is \ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "refondation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "refondation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list