Rendezvous
\rɑ̃deˈvuː\
The verdict
“Rendezvous” is uncommon French (frequency #70,159 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,159
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendez-vous, dans le sens d'une rendez-vous galant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rendezvous · Rendezvous · French
Rendezvous · rank #70,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,159
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH relâchant
Nearest frequency peer: relâchant (-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 « Rendezvous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reflétaient
reflétaient
29,846 corpus weight
- relâchant
relâchant
29,843 corpus weight
- Rendezvous
Rendezvous
29,842 corpus weight
- renflement
renflement
29,841 corpus weight
- rentrerais
rentrerais
29,840 corpus weight
- reposa
reposa
29,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rendezvous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rendezvous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \rɑ̃deˈvuː\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,159 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rendezvous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rendezvous is uncommon French at frequency #70,159 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \rɑ̃deˈvuː\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Rendezvous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct French form is Rendezvous, spelled R-E-N-D-E-Z-V-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Rendez-vous, dans le sens d'une rendez-vous galant.
- 2Rendez-vous dans le sens d'une réunion au sens large
- 3Rendez-vous (technique).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rendezvous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich habe ein Rendezvous mit Elizabeth.
Die wichtigsten Politiker Europas fanden sich zum Rendezvous in Berlin ein.
Synonyms
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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