rentrée

\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\

/\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“rentrée” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,643
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rentree · rentrée · French

rentrée · rank #2,643 · 11 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,643
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recettes

Nearest frequency peer: recettes (-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 « rentrée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rentrée » 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).

rentrée vs restée
71% similar
rentrée vs rentrer
71% similar
rentrée vs retirée
71% similar

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

Key facts for rentrée
PropertyValue
Headwordrentrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,643
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rentrée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rentréese 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 « recettes » (#2,642), « souci » (#2,644), « Re » (#2,641). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rentrée » est au #2,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rentrée (IPA \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,643 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rentrée, with forms such as "erntrée", "renntrée", and "renrtée". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "restée", "rentrer", "retirée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rentrée, spelled R-E-N-T-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rentrer.
  2. 2
    Recommencement après une vacation, après les vacances.
  3. 3
    Réapparition après une absence un peu longue.
  4. 4
    Réapparition après une absence un peu longue.
  5. 5
    Retour des animaux dans le bois au point du jour, après qu’ils ont été faire leur nuit en plaine.
  6. 6
    Perception d’un revenu, recouvrement d’une somme, encaissement.
  7. 7
    Désigne, à certains jeux, les cartes que l’on prend dans le talon, à la place de celles qu’on a écartées.
  8. 8
    Quantité dont tendent à se rapprocher, par en haut, les deux cornes (d'artimon) d'un couple (une paire de haubans) qui, s'il était sans rentrée, affecterait la forme d'un U.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faire la rentrée des foins, des betteraves.
  2. La rentrée à bord se fit sans encombre, mais donna lieu à nombre d'acrobaties.

Synonyms

entrée

Antonyms

sortie

This word in other languages

return(English)Wiederkehr(Deutsch)regresso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erntrée
  • renntrée
  • renrtée
  • rentree
  • rentreé
  • rentrrée
  • renttrée
  • rentére
  • retnrée
  • rnetrée
  • rrentrée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erntrée2renntrée1renrtée2rentree1rentreé2rentrrée1renttrée1rentére2
Edit distance from "rentrée"

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 "rentrée"?
"rentrée" is spelled R-E-N-T-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\.
What does "rentrée" mean?
As a noun, "rentrée" means: Action de rentrer.
What words are commonly confused with "rentrée"?
"rentrée" is commonly confused with "restée", "rentrer", "retirée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rentrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rentrée" is \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rentrée" come from?
"rentrée" 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 "rentrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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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