remise en état

\ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\

/\ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\/ noun

The verdict

“remise en état” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action de rendre de nouveau utilisable quelque chose qui était endommagé.

Key facts for remise en état
PropertyValue
Headwordremise en état
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “remise en état” sits in French frequency

remise en état falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for remise en état is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action de rendre de nouveau utilisable quelque chose qui était endommagé.".

remise en état doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 remise en état, spelled R-E-M-I-S-E- -E-N- -É-T-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre de nouveau utilisable quelque chose qui était endommagé.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remise en état"?
"remise en état" is spelled R-E-M-I-S-E- -E-N- -É-T-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\.
What does "remise en état" mean?
As a noun, "remise en état" means: Action de rendre de nouveau utilisable quelque chose qui était endommagé.
How do you pronounce "remise en état"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remise en état" is \ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remise en état" come from?
"remise en état" 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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Using “remise en état”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-M-I-S-E- -E-N- -É-T-A-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.mi.zɑ̃.n‿e.ta\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list