remains

\ɹɪˈmeɪnz\

/\ɹɪˈmeɪnz\/ noun

The verdict

“remains” is uncommon French (frequency #76,080 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,080
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Restes, la dépouille mortelle d'un être.

Corpus desk

Index FR-remains · remains · French

remains · rank #76,080 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,080
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH relaxante

Nearest frequency peer: relaxante (-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 « remains »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for remains
PropertyValue
Headwordremains
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɹɪˈmeɪnz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,080
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « remains » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).remainstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « relaxante » (#76,079), « remercierez » (#76,081), « relancera » (#76,078). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « remains » est au #76,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

remains is uncommon French at frequency #76,080 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹɪˈmeɪnz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Restes, la dépouille mortelle d'un être.".

remains 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is remains, spelled R-E-M-A-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Restes, la dépouille mortelle d'un être.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The Buddha exhorted his followers not to worship him but to give his remains the honours of a Chakravartin (Emperor). Accordingly, stūpas were erected over his remains and in his memory, and homage was rendered to them.
  2. It is understood that once the kupuna leaves this world to journey on to the spiritual world, their remains should never be disturbed.

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 "remains"?
"remains" is spelled R-E-M-A-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɹɪˈmeɪnz\.
What does "remains" mean?
As a noun, "remains" means: Restes, la dépouille mortelle d'un être.
How do you pronounce "remains"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remains" is \ɹɪˈmeɪnz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remains" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list