répands
\ʁe.pɑ̃\
The verdict
“répands” is uncommon French (frequency #87,124 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,124
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repands · répands · French
répands · rank #87,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,124
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réitérant
Nearest frequency peer: réitérant (-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 « répands »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réexpliquer
réexpliquer
12,880 corpus weight
- régalienne
régalienne
12,879 corpus weight
- réitérant
réitérant
12,878 corpus weight
- répands
répands
12,877 corpus weight
- répugnantes
répugnantes
12,875 corpus weight
- rétines
rétines
12,874 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « répands » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répands |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « répands » en français
Rare enough to double-check
répands is uncommon French at frequency #87,124 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.pɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for répands, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is répands, spelled R-É-P-A-N-D-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répandre.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de répandre.
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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