réformatrice

\ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\

/\ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\/ noun

The verdict

“réformatrice” is uncommon French (frequency #63,321 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,321
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui réforme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reformatrice · réformatrice · French

réformatrice · rank #63,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,321
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réfrigérée

Nearest frequency peer: réfrigérée (+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 « réformatrice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réformatrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for réformatrice
PropertyValue
Headwordréformatrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,321
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réformatrice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.réformatricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « réfrigérée » (#63,322), « réclamez » (#63,319), « régressif » (#63,323). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réformatrice » est au #63,321. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réformatrice is uncommon French at frequency #63,321 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

réformatrice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is réformatrice, spelled R-É-F-O-R-M-A-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui réforme.
  2. 2
    Celle qui est impliquée dans la réforme du christianisme ou dans le christianisme réformé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, la réformatrice Fanny Wright, la femme d’affaires Sheryl Sandberg et la militante politique Wangari Maathai figurent parmi ce nombre.
  2. Ce mardi soir, la Première Ministre du Gouvernement fédéral, Sophie Wilmés, a annoncé de nouvelles mesures contre la propagation du Covid-19 sur le territoire belge. Quelques jours après avoir appelé à la fermeture de tous les lieux et activités de divertissements, la réformatrice a décrété le confinement à partir de ce mercredi 12h et jusqu'au dimanche 5…

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); 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 "réformatrice"?
"réformatrice" is spelled R-É-F-O-R-M-A-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\.
What does "réformatrice" mean?
As a noun, "réformatrice" means: Celle qui réforme.
How do you pronounce "réformatrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réformatrice" is \ʁe.fɔʁ.ma.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list