rentiers

/\ʁɑ̃.tje\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,131

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

rentiers is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de rentier. Pronounced \ʁɑ̃.tje\. Often confused with rentrer and retiens.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rentiers in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rentiers is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.tje\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,131 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de rentier.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for rentiers, with forms such as "erntiers", "reniters", and "renntiers". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "rentrer", "retiens", "rentrés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rentiers, spelled R-E-N-T-I-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rentiers

Misspelling Variants of "rentiers"

erntiers8reniters8renntiers9renteirs8rentierrs9rentierss9rentiesr8rentires8
Misspelling Variants of "rentiers"

Frequency rank: #36,131 in French

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?
"rentiers" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.