renchéri

\ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\

/\ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\/ noun

The verdict

“renchéri” is uncommon French (frequency #69,377 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,377
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quelqu'un qui est dédaigneux, qui fait le difficile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rencheri · renchéri · French

renchéri · rank #69,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,377
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renarde

Nearest frequency peer: renarde (-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 « renchéri »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for renchéri
PropertyValue
Headwordrenchéri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\
Letters8
Frequency rank#69,377
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « renchéri » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).renchéritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « renarde » (#69,376), « renoi » (#69,378), « regroupera » (#69,375). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renchéri » est au #69,377. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

renchéri is uncommon French at frequency #69,377 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quelqu'un qui est dédaigneux, qui fait le difficile.".

No misspelling variants are generated for renchéri in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is renchéri, spelled R-E-N-C-H-É-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quelqu'un qui est dédaigneux, qui fait le difficile.

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 "renchéri"?
"renchéri" is spelled R-E-N-C-H-É-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\.
What does "renchéri" mean?
As a noun, "renchéri" means: Quelqu'un qui est dédaigneux, qui fait le difficile.
How do you pronounce "renchéri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renchéri" is \ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renchéri" come from?
"renchéri" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list