renfort

\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\

/\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“renfort” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,733. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,733
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Augmentation de force ; ce qui sert à renforcer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renfort · renfort · French

renfort · rank #9,733 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,733
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remparts

Nearest frequency peer: remparts (-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 « renfort »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renfort » 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).

renfort vs report
71% similar
renfort vs resort
71% similar
renfort vs Ressort
57% similar

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

Key facts for renfort
PropertyValue
Headwordrenfort
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,733
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renfort »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.renfortse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « remparts » (#9,732), « rentrent » (#9,734), « relire » (#9,731). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renfort » est au #9,733. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around renfort (IPA \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,733 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for renfort, with forms such as "ernfort", "refnort", and "renffort". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "report", "resort", "Ressort", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is renfort, spelled R-E-N-F-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Augmentation de force ; ce qui sert à renforcer.
  2. 2
    Ce que l’on ajoute à quelque chose dans les situations difficiles.
  3. 3
    Pièce qui sert à en renforcer d’autres.
  4. 4
    Type de couverture plus importante que le minimum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le ministère anglais déclara que ses flottes avaient l'ordre de courir sus à tout vaisseau français qui porterait des renforts dans l’Amérique.
  2. En attendant les renforts, peut-être accélérés par le départ proche de Hwang à Nottingham Forest, voire de Niang (Sion, Ajaccio, Auxerre), il continue son travail de « post-formation » avec les Bakwa, Ekomié (blessé et forfait), Delaurier-Chabet, Mwanga et compagnie.

This word in other languages

reinforcement(English)refuerzo(Español)Verstärkung(Deutsch)reforço(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernfort
  • refnort
  • renffort
  • renforrt
  • renfortt
  • renfotr
  • renfrot
  • rennfort
  • renofrt
  • rnefort
  • rrenfort

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renfort - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ernfort2refnort2renffort1renforrt1renfortt1renfotr2renfrot2rennfort1
Edit distance from "renfort"

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 "renfort"?
"renfort" is spelled R-E-N-F-O-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\.
What does "renfort" mean?
As a noun, "renfort" means: Augmentation de force ; ce qui sert à renforcer.
What words are commonly confused with "renfort"?
"renfort" is commonly confused with "report", "resort", "Ressort". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renfort"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renfort" is \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renfort" come from?
"renfort" 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 "renfort", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rangers#9,728réflexe#9,738pénurie#9,727pointes#9,724

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list