repair
\ɹɪ.ˈpɛə\
The verdict
“repair” is uncommon French (frequency #67,066 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,066
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - I have to take the train, because my car is still in the garage for repairs. #*: Je dois prendre le train, parce que ma voiture est toujours au garage pour des réparations.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repair · repair · French
repair · rank #67,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,066
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH renouvellera
Nearest frequency peer: renouvellera (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « repair »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rencontrerai
rencontrerai
32,938 corpus weight
- renouant
renouant
32,937 corpus weight
- renouvellera
renouvellera
32,936 corpus weight
- repair
repair
32,935 corpus weight
- repassée
repassée
32,934 corpus weight
- repoussante
repoussante
32,933 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repair » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɹɪ.ˈpɛə\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repair » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repair is uncommon French at frequency #67,066 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹɪ.ˈpɛə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
repair doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 repair, spelled R-E-P-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1I have to take the train, because my car is still in the garage for repairs. #*: Je dois prendre le train, parce que ma voiture est toujours au garage pour des réparations.
- 2Réparation : restauration de la fonctionnalité d’un produit, mais sans conformité aux spécifications.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Repair is an action that brings a non-conforming product to a state where it will be acceptable for a given application. This means that a product after "repair" will not be 100% compliant with the specification, but it will be functional. A detailed definition can be found in ISO-9000:2015 par. 3.12.9.
Synonyms
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.
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