rempart

/\ʁɑ̃.paʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,780

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

rempart is aFrenchnoun. It means: Levée de terre, ordinairement revêtue de pierres et entourée d’un fossé, qui défend une place. Pronounced \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\. Often confused with report and repart.

Key facts for rempart
PropertyValue
Headwordrempart
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.paʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,780
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rempart in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rempart is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,780 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for rempart, with forms such as "ermpart", "remaprt", and "remmpart". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "report", "repart", "réparé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rempart, spelled R-E-M-P-A-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Levée de terre, ordinairement revêtue de pierres et entourée d’un fossé, qui défend une place.
  2. 2
    Ce qui sert de défense.
  3. 3
    Parois vertigineuses qui marquent puissamment le relief de l’île.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ermpart,remaprt,remmpart,remparrt,rempartt,rempatr,remppart,remprat,repmart,rmepart,rrempart

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rempart

Misspelling Variants of "rempart"

ermpart7remaprt7remmpart8remparrt8rempartt8rempatr7remppart8remprat7
Misspelling Variants of "rempart"

Frequency rank: #14,780 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rempart"?
"rempart" is spelled R-E-M-P-A-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\.
What does "rempart" mean?
As a noun, "rempart" means: Levée de terre, ordinairement revêtue de pierres et entourée d’un fossé, qui défend une place.
What words are commonly confused with "rempart"?
"rempart" is commonly confused with "report", "repart", "réparé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rempart"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rempart" is \ʁɑ̃.paʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rempart" come from?
"rempart" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.