réfrigérant
\ʁe.fʁi.ʒe.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“réfrigérant” is uncommon French (frequency #54,869 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,869
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est propre à refroidir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-refrigerant · réfrigérant · French
réfrigérant · rank #54,869 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,869
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réactivation
Nearest frequency peer: réactivation (-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 « réfrigérant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rusticité
rusticité
45,135 corpus weight
- râlent
râlent
45,134 corpus weight
- réactivation
réactivation
45,133 corpus weight
- réfrigérant
réfrigérant
45,132 corpus weight
- réfrigéré
réfrigéré
45,131 corpus weight
- réfugia
réfugia
45,130 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réfrigérant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réfrigérant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.fʁi.ʒe.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,869 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réfrigérant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réfrigérant is uncommon French at frequency #54,869 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.fʁi.ʒe.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for réfrigérant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is réfrigérant, spelled R-É-F-R-I-G-É-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est propre à refroidir.
- 2Qui sert à produire le froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réfrigérant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons reçu un accueil réfrigérant.
Il y a des âmes que l'obligation du travail, les soucis matériels contractent en un rigide égoïsme. Il y en a qui, par une grâce spéciale, échappent à cette action réfrigérante, et dans les difficultés de la vie, dans l'affliction et la pauvreté, conservent un généreux élan. C'est cette générosité du pauvre qui est surtout admirable.
Synonyms
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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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