rentrer

\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\

/\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“rentrer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,341. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,341
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrer de nouveau, entrer après être sorti, revenir à.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rentrer · rentrer · French

rentrer · rank #1,341 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,341
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH PS

Nearest frequency peer: PS (-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 « rentrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rentrer » 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).

rentrer vs rester
71% similar
rentrer vs retirer
71% similar
rentrer vs réparer
57% similar

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

Key facts for rentrer
PropertyValue
Headwordrentrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.tʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,341
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rentrer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rentrerse 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 « PS » (#1,340), « ressources » (#1,342), « province » (#1,339). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rentrer » est au #1,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around rentrer (IPA \ʁɑ̃.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,341 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for rentrer, with forms such as "erntrer", "renntrer", and "renrter". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rester", "retirer", "réparer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rentrer, spelled R-E-N-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entrer de nouveau, entrer après être sorti, revenir à.
  2. 2
    Entrer.
  3. 3
    Recouvrer.
  4. 4
    Pénétrer.
  5. 5
    S’emboîter ou s’enfoncer dans une chose.
  6. 6
    Enfoncer, percuter.
  7. 7
    Être contenu, renfermé.
  8. 8
    Reprendre le travail, après les vacations, après les vacances, après une interruption pour congé-maladie ou autre.
  9. 9
    Arriver, être touché, être perçu, en parlant des revenus, des sommes à recouvrer,.
  10. 10
    Il se dit des humeurs dont on arrête l’épanchement au-dehors.
  11. 11
    Repasser la pointe ou le burin dans les tailles déjà faites, pour les approfondir.
  12. 12
    il se dit des cartes que l’on prend au talon à la place de celles qu’on a écartées.
  13. 13
    Porter ou reporter dedans, ramener dedans ce qui était dehors.
  14. 14
    Renfoncer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mer est dure et houleuse, le remorquage pénible. A midi, la remorque casse et le motor yacht me quitte fort vite en me saluant, car il désire rentrer avant l'arrivée du grain.
  2. Les truands se dissimulaient dans toutes les encoignures des maisons, et gare au bon bourgeois cousu d'or, qui rentrait trop tard chez lui.

Synonyms

entrerpénétrer

Antonyms

sortir

This word in other languages

reenter(English)volver(Español)zurückkehren(Deutsch)entrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erntrer
  • renntrer
  • renrter
  • renterr
  • rentrerr
  • rentrre
  • rentrrer
  • renttrer
  • retnrer
  • rnetrer
  • rrentrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rentrer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erntrer2renntrer1renrter2renterr2rentrerr1rentrre2rentrrer1renttrer1
Edit distance from "rentrer"

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

Same letter count

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

sources#1,348connaît#1,324compter#1,323dessous#1,359

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

retraite11 variantscertaine11 variantsnaissance11 variantsrecevoir11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list