rencontra
\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa\
The verdict
“rencontra” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,653
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rencontrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rencontra · rencontra · French
rencontra · rank #19,653 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,653
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH remous
Nearest frequency peer: remous (-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 « rencontra »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- remettra
remettra
80,350 corpus weight
- remous
remous
80,349 corpus weight
- rencontra
rencontra
80,348 corpus weight
- reptiles
reptiles
80,347 corpus weight
- retraits
retraits
80,346 corpus weight
- RFI
RFI
80,345 corpus weight
What this shows « rencontra » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rencontra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #19,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rencontra »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around rencontra (IPA \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,653 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rencontrer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for rencontra, with forms such as "erncontra", "recnontra", and "renccontra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "rencontre", "rencontrer", "rencontres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rencontra, spelled R-E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rencontrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rencontra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il rencontra de la sorte le cadavre d’un coto, singe gigantesque, que la jeune fille avait tué d’une balle, sans doute au moment où il l’attaquait.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erncontra
- recnontra
- renccontra
- rencnotra
- renconntra
- renconrta
- rencontar
- rencontrra
- renconttra
- rencotnra
- renncontra
- renocntra
- rnecontra
- rrencontra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rencontra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rencontra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).