rentiers

\ʁɑ̃.tje\

/\ʁɑ̃.tje\/ noun

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The verdict

“rentiers” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,131. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,131
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rentier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rentiers · rentiers · French

rentiers · rank #36,131 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,131
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendormir

Nearest frequency peer: rendormir (-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 « rentiers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rentiers » 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).

rentiers vs rentrer
75% similar
rentiers vs retiens
75% similar
rentiers vs rentrés
63% similar

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

Key facts for rentiers
PropertyValue
Headwordrentiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.tje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,131
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rentiers »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rentiersse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rendormir » (#36,130), « respirait » (#36,132), « remplissait » (#36,129). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rentiers » est au #36,131. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rentiers (IPA \ʁɑ̃.tje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,131 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rentier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rentiers, with forms such as "erntiers", "reniters", and "renntiers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rentrer", "retiens", "rentrés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rentiers, spelled R-E-N-T-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rentier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erntiers
  • reniters
  • renntiers
  • renteirs
  • rentierrs
  • rentierss
  • rentiesr
  • rentires
  • renttiers
  • retniers
  • rnetiers
  • rrentiers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rentiers - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erntiers2reniters2renntiers1renteirs2rentierrs1rentierss1rentiesr2rentires2
Edit distance from "rentiers"

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 "rentiers"?
"rentiers" is spelled R-E-N-T-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.tje\.
What does "rentiers" mean?
As a noun, "rentiers" means: Pluriel de rentier.
What words are commonly confused with "rentiers"?
"rentiers" is commonly confused with "rentrer", "retiens", "rentrés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rentiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rentiers" is \ʁɑ̃.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rentiers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

relèvera#36,128reversés#36,136refoulés#36,125Quiberon#36,122

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Proudhon12 variantsprononça12 variantssignalez12 variantsplaignez12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list