réhydratation

\ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“réhydratation” is uncommon French (frequency #81,530 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,530
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de redonner de l'eau à un corps qui en manquait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rehydratation · réhydratation · French

réhydratation · rank #81,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,530
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réinformation

Nearest frequency peer: réinformation (+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 « réhydratation »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for réhydratation
PropertyValue
Headwordréhydratation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#81,530
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réhydratation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).réhydratationtombe 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: « réinformation » (#81,531), « récapitulons » (#81,528), « réinjecter » (#81,532). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réhydratation » est au #81,530. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réhydratation is uncommon French at frequency #81,530 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de redonner de l'eau à un corps qui en manquait.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for réhydratation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 réhydratation, spelled R-É-H-Y-D-R-A-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de redonner de l'eau à un corps qui en manquait.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Au côté de la balistique, la réhydratation des tissus momifiés ou putréfiés est ainsi devenue l’arme principale de ces professionnels pour lutter contre l’impunité qui entoure la plupart des crimes et tenter aussi de mieux soulager les familles.

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 "réhydratation"?
"réhydratation" is spelled R-É-H-Y-D-R-A-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "réhydratation" mean?
As a noun, "réhydratation" means: Action de redonner de l'eau à un corps qui en manquait.
How do you pronounce "réhydratation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réhydratation" is \ʁe.i.dʁa.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réhydratation" come from?
"réhydratation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list