rentrée des classes
\ʁɑ̃.tʁe dɛ klas\
The verdict
“rentrée des classes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reprise de l’enseignement dans les écoles après les grandes vacances.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rentrée des classes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.tʁe dɛ klas\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rentrée des classes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rentrée des classes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.tʁe dɛ klas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reprise de l’enseignement dans les écoles après les grandes vacances.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rentrée des classes, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rentrée des classes, spelled R-E-N-T-R-É-E- -D-E-S- -C-L-A-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Reprise de l’enseignement dans les écoles après les grandes vacances.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-T-R-É-E- -D-E-S- -C-L-A-S-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃.tʁe dɛ klas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.