reluctance
\ʁə.lyk.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“reluctance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réticence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reluctance · reluctance · French
reluctance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | reluctance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.lyk.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reluctance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reluctance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.lyk.tɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réticence.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for reluctance in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 reluctance, spelled R-E-L-U-C-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Réticence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reluctance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous avons vu les services honteux que ce bandit réclamait d’elle ; il semblait, à vrai dire, que ce fût sans trop de reluctance que cette femme s’y pliait.
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.