reître
\ʁɛtʁ\
The verdict
“reître” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavalier allemand du XVIᵉ siècle servant comme mercenaire dans l’armée française.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reitre · reître · French
reître · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reître |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reître » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reître is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reître, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reître, spelled R-E-Î-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Cavalier allemand du XVIᵉ siècle servant comme mercenaire dans l’armée française.
- 2Soudard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reître appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un régiment de reîtres.
— Enfin, nous allons donc les voir, ces fameux Prussiens ? dit, d’une voix mal assurée, un grand diable qui était très pâle et qui, pour se donner l’air crâne d’un vieux reître, rabattit son képi sur l’oreille.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.