rentrait

\ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\

/\ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“rentrait” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,546
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe rentrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rentrait · rentrait · French

rentrait · rank #17,546 · 12 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,546
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remarquez

Nearest frequency peer: remarquez (-2 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 « rentrait »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rentrait » 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).

rentrait vs retrait
88% similar
rentrait vs restait
75% similar
rentrait vs retraite
75% similar

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

Key facts for rentrait
PropertyValue
Headwordrentrait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,546
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rentrait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rentraitse 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 « remarquez » (#17,544), « relâché » (#17,543), « ressentent » (#17,549). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rentrait » est au #17,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rentrait (IPA \ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,546 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe rentrer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rentrait, with forms such as "erntrait", "renntrait", and "renrtait". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "retrait", "restait", "retraite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rentrait, spelled R-E-N-T-R-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe rentrer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Puis, quand elle remarqua qu’une autre boule, plus petite, la tête de l’enfant, sortait et rentrait à chaque effort, dans un perpétuel jeu de cache-cache, elle fut prise d’une si violente envie de rire, qu’elle dut tousser, pour qu’on ne la soupçonnât pas d’avoir mauvais cœur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erntrait
  • renntrait
  • renrtait
  • rentarit
  • rentraitt
  • rentrati
  • rentriat
  • rentrrait
  • renttrait
  • retnrait
  • rnetrait
  • rrentrait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erntrait2renntrait1renrtait2rentarit2rentraitt1rentrati2rentriat2rentrrait1
Edit distance from "rentrait"

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 "rentrait"?
"rentrait" is spelled R-E-N-T-R-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\.
What does "rentrait" mean?
As a verb, "rentrait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe rentrer.
What words are commonly confused with "rentrait"?
"rentrait" is commonly confused with "retrait", "restait", "retraite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rentrait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rentrait" is \ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rentrait" come from?
"rentrait" 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 "rentrait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list