régnante

\ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\

/\ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“régnante” is uncommon French (frequency #52,970 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,970
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de régnant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regnante · régnante · French

régnante · rank #52,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,970
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réminiscence

Nearest frequency peer: réminiscence (+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 « régnante »

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 « régnante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for régnante
PropertyValue
Headwordrégnante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « régnante » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « réminiscence » (#52,971), « rouillée » (#52,967), « Rosine » (#52,966). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « régnante » est au #52,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

régnante is uncommon French at frequency #52,970 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de régnant.".

régnante has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 régnante, spelled R-É-G-N-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de régnant.

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 "régnante"?
"régnante" is spelled R-É-G-N-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\.
What does "régnante" mean?
As an adjective, "régnante" means: Féminin singulier de régnant.
How do you pronounce "régnante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "régnante" is \ʁe.ɲɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "régnante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list