réinvention
\ʁe.ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“réinvention” is uncommon French (frequency #69,401 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,401
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action ou processus par lequel une chose est modifiée à tel point qu'elle paraît entièrement nouvelle. Renouvellement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réinvention |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,401 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “réinvention” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
réinvention is uncommon French at frequency #69,401 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for réinvention, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is réinvention, spelled R-É-I-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action ou processus par lequel une chose est modifiée à tel point qu'elle paraît entièrement nouvelle. Renouvellement.
- 2Fait de réinventer, c’est-à dire de faire à nouveau l’effort pour créer une chose qui existait déjà.
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.
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Using “réinvention”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-I-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.