renfermait
\ʁɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ\
The verdict
“renfermait” is uncommon French (frequency #60,336 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,336
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de renfermer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-renfermait · renfermait · French
renfermait · rank #60,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,336
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH relègue
Nearest frequency peer: relègue (-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 « renfermait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- redressée
redressée
39,669 corpus weight
- relègue
relègue
39,666 corpus weight
- renfermait
renfermait
39,665 corpus weight
- requérante
requérante
39,664 corpus weight
- retiendront
retiendront
39,663 corpus weight
- retransmiss…
retransmissions
39,662 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « renfermait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renfermait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,336 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « renfermait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
renfermait is uncommon French at frequency #60,336 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.fɛʁ.mɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de renfermer.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for renfermait, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 renfermait, spelled R-E-N-F-E-R-M-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de renfermer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how renfermait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le manuscrit trouvé sur le corps de Pétéménon, fils de Cléopâtre, était placé entre les premiers tours des bandelettes, mais de manière à être visible lorsqu’on ôtait le couvercle du sarcophage peint qui renfermait la momie proprement dite.
On sent, lorsqu’il en laisse échapper quelque chose, avec quelle joie il se renfermait dans sa coquille, comme ces insectes qui se cachent à l’approche de l’homme.
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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