réitération

\ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“réitération” is uncommon French (frequency #75,180 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,180
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de réitérer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reiteration · réitération · French

réitération · rank #75,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,180
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH régulées

Nearest frequency peer: régulées (-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 « réitération »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for réitération
PropertyValue
Headwordréitération
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#75,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réitération » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).réitérationtombe 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: « régulées » (#75,179), « réitérées » (#75,181), « réorienté » (#75,182). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réitération » est au #75,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réitération is uncommon French at frequency #75,180 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de réitérer.".

réitération has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is réitération, spelled R-É-I-T-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de réitérer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pas de quoi convaincre la vice-procureure de la République, Élodie Blier, qui constate la réitération des violences dans un contexte alcoolisé, et un risque de réitération « extrêmement élevé ».

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 "réitération"?
"réitération" is spelled R-É-I-T-É-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "réitération" mean?
As a noun, "réitération" means: Action de réitérer.
How do you pronounce "réitération"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réitération" is \ʁe.i.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réitération" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list