renaître

\ʁə.nɛtʁ\

/\ʁə.nɛtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“renaître” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,133. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,133
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-renaitre · renaître · French

renaître · rank #19,133 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,133
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remportée

Nearest frequency peer: remportée (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « renaître »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « renaître » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

renaître vs rentré
63% similar
renaître vs repaire
63% similar
renaître vs renaît
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for renaître
PropertyValue
Headwordrenaître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.nɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,133
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renaître »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).renaîtrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « remportée » (#19,132), « replay » (#19,134), « remplacées » (#19,131). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renaître » est au #19,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around renaître (IPA \ʁə.nɛtʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,133 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for renaître, with forms such as "ernaître", "reanître", and "renaitre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rentré", "repaire", "renaît", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 renaître, spelled R-E-N-A-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Naître de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Se dit de certains êtres animés et de certains organes qui prennent la place des êtres, des organes de même nature qu’on a détruits, qui ont péri.
  3. 3
    Repousser, croître de nouveau.
  4. 4
    Reparaître, se remontrer.
  5. 5
    Il s’emploie aussi figurément.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque je serai au Nirvana, ici même sera fondée une ville royale ; à la fin de sa vie, ce vieillard montera au séjour des dieux pour renaître fils du roi d'Entapatta.
  2. Mourir, puis renaître, revenir à cet état qui précède la naissance et suit la mort.

This word in other languages

reborn(English)renacer(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernaître
  • reanître
  • renaitre
  • renatîre
  • renaîrte
  • renaîter
  • renaîtrre
  • renaîttre
  • rennaître
  • renîatre
  • rneaître
  • rrenaître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renaître - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ernaître2reanître2renaitre1renatîre2renaîrte2renaîter2renaîtrre1renaîttre1
Edit distance from "renaître"

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 "renaître"?
"renaître" is spelled R-E-N-A-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nɛtʁ\.
What does "renaître" mean?
As a verb, "renaître" means: Naître de nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "renaître"?
"renaître" is commonly confused with "rentré", "repaire", "renaît". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renaître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renaître" is \ʁə.nɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renaître" come from?
"renaître" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rigidité#19,141pénibles#19,121réglages#19,148précédée#19,117

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

remettant12 variantsprovenir12 variantsréussites12 variantspleurent12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list