repaître

\ʁə.pɛtʁ\

/\ʁə.pɛtʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“repaître” is uncommon French (frequency #90,125 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,125
frequency rank, French
507,453
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Donner à manger, nourrir à satiété.

Key facts for repaître
PropertyValue
Headwordrepaître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.pɛtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “repaître” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). repaître lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

repaître is uncommon French at frequency #90,125 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.pɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

repaître doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is repaître, spelled R-E-P-A-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner à manger, nourrir à satiété.
  2. 2
    Se satisfaire pleinement, prendre ou saisir avec avidité.
  3. 3
    Manger.

This word in other languages

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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 "repaître"?
"repaître" is spelled R-E-P-A-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pɛtʁ\.
What does "repaître" mean?
As a verb, "repaître" means: Donner à manger, nourrir à satiété.
How do you pronounce "repaître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repaître" is \ʁə.pɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repaître" come from?
"repaître" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “repaître”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-P-A-Î-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.pɛtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list