répand
\ʁe.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“répand” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,004. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,004
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repand · répand · French
répand · rank #16,004 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,004
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rénové
Nearest frequency peer: rénové (-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 « répand »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- régent
régent
84,000 corpus weight
- régiments
régiments
83,999 corpus weight
- rénové
rénové
83,998 corpus weight
- répand
répand
83,997 corpus weight
- sacrifié
sacrifié
83,996 corpus weight
- sainteté
sainteté
83,995 corpus weight
What this shows « répand » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répand |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « répand »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around répand (IPA \ʁe.pɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,004 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for répand, with forms such as "repand", "rpéand", and "rrépand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "repas", "retard", "répond", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is répand, spelled R-É-P-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how répand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’enfant se fait homme ou devient jeune fille, Et cependant que croît sa chair pleine de grâce, Son âme se répand par-delà la famille, Et cherche une âme sœur, une chair qu’il enlace.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- repand
- rpéand
- rrépand
- réapnd
- répadn
- répandd
- répannd
- répnad
- réppand
- érpand
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of répand - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).