reinette
\ʁɛ.nɛt\
The verdict
“reinette” is uncommon French (frequency #77,858 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,858
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pomme à peau tachetée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reinette · reinette · French
reinette · rank #77,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,858
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH regrettais
Nearest frequency peer: regrettais (-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 « reinette »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- redoutez
redoutez
22,146 corpus weight
- refaisant
refaisant
22,145 corpus weight
- regrettais
regrettais
22,144 corpus weight
- reinette
reinette
22,143 corpus weight
- rejaillir
rejaillir
22,142 corpus weight
- remboursant
remboursant
22,141 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reinette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reinette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reinette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reinette is uncommon French at frequency #77,858 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛ.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
reinette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is reinette, spelled R-E-I-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Pomme à peau tachetée.
- 2Une des espèces de petites grenouilles vertes (ou d'autres couleurs), souvent arboricoles, de la famille des hylidés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reinette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans le nombre des pommes, les seules bonnes à garder pour l’hiver sont : […] ; mais celles qui doivent avoir la préférence sur toutes les autres, ce sont les reinettes d’Angleterre dorées, les reinettes blanches, les reinettes du Canada, les reinettes franches, reinettes grises, reinettes grises de Ranville, qui résistent aux plus grands froids.
elles étaient de peaux différentes, les pommes d’api au berceau, les rambourgs avachies, les calvilles en robe blanche, les canadas sanguines, les châtaigniers couperosées, les reinettes blondes, piquées de rousseur.
Synonyms
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 "reinette"?
What does "reinette" mean?
How do you pronounce "reinette"?
What language does "reinette" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reinette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).