rentra

\ʁɑ̃.tʁa\

/\ʁɑ̃.tʁa\/ verb

The verdict

“rentra” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,941
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rentrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rentra · rentra · French

rentra · rank #29,941 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,941
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rejoigne

Nearest frequency peer: rejoigne (-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 « rentra »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rentra » 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).

rentra vs resta
67% similar
rentra vs rétro
50% similar
rentra vs rentré
83% similar

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

Key facts for rentra
PropertyValue
Headwordrentra
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.tʁa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,941
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rentra »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rentrase 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 « rejoigne » (#29,940), « renégocier » (#29,942), « regrettait » (#29,939). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rentra » est au #29,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around rentra (IPA \ʁɑ̃.tʁa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,941 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rentrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rentra, with forms such as "erntra", "renntra", and "renrta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "resta", "rétro", "rentré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rentra, spelled R-E-N-T-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rentrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Clervie rentra, il était temps de s’afféter, de se faire une beauté, sobre et éclatante à la fois.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erntra
  • renntra
  • renrta
  • rentar
  • rentrra
  • renttra
  • retnra
  • rnetra
  • rrentra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rentra - 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.

erntra2renntra1renrta2rentar2rentrra1renttra1retnra2rnetra2
Edit distance from "rentra"

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 "rentra"?
"rentra" is spelled R-E-N-T-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.tʁa\.
What does "rentra" mean?
As a verb, "rentra" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rentrer.
What words are commonly confused with "rentra"?
"rentra" is commonly confused with "resta", "rétro", "rentré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rentra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rentra" is \ʁɑ̃.tʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rentra" come from?
"rentra" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list