remembrance

\ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\

/\ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“remembrance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-remembrance · remembrance · French

remembrance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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.

Key facts for remembrance
PropertyValue
Headwordremembrance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « remembrance » en français

remembrancereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

remembrance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souvenir.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for remembrance, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is remembrance, spelled R-E-M-E-M-B-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Souvenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais pourquoi donc toutes ces remembrances font-elles le siège de mon cerveau ?
  2. Ça ne me rassura point, car toutes sortes de folies me traversèrent la remembrance. — (George Sand, Les Maîtres sonneurs, George Bell and sons, 1908, page 38)

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remembrance"?
"remembrance" is spelled R-E-M-E-M-B-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\.
What does "remembrance" mean?
As a noun, "remembrance" means: Souvenir.
How do you pronounce "remembrance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remembrance" is \ʁə.mɑ̃.bʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remembrance" come from?
"remembrance" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list