répandu

\ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\

/\ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\/ adj

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The verdict

“répandu” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,774
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on a répandu ; qui est réparti, distribué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repandu · répandu · French

répandu · rank #8,774 · 11 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,774
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH roches

Nearest frequency peer: roches (-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 « répandu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « répandu » 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).

répandu vs répond
71% similar
répandu vs répondu
86% similar
répandu vs réponds
71% similar

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

Key facts for répandu
PropertyValue
Headwordrépandu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,774
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « répandu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).répanduse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « roches » (#8,773), « répartis » (#8,775), « rival » (#8,772). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « répandu » est au #8,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around répandu (IPA \ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,774 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for répandu, with forms such as "repandu", "rpéandu", and "rrépandu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "répond", "répondu", "réponds", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is répandu, spelled R-É-P-A-N-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on a répandu ; qui est réparti, distribué.
  2. 2
    Courant, habituel un peu partout.
  3. 3
    Qui a des relations, qui a ses entrées dans la société.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] dans la cour, de fines gazelles vont sur leurs pattes d’ibis fauves en mouvements de ravissante délicatesse, sautillent sans bruit sur les marches du grand escalier de marbre et, sans bruit, comme des oiseaux, volent sur le gravier blanc répandu sur le sol et puis nous regardent, inquiètes et curieuses, avec leurs yeux jolis et purs comme des yeux d’e…
  2. Je ne regrette rien, ni des lauriers superbes L’honneur qui m’était dû, Ni cet heureux plaisir, fait de fruits et de gerbes, Comme un vin répandu […]

This word in other languages

widespread(English)difundido(Español)verbreitet(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • repandu
  • rpéandu
  • rrépandu
  • réapndu
  • répadnu
  • répanddu
  • répanndu
  • répanud
  • répnadu
  • réppandu
  • érpandu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of répandu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

repandu1rpéandu2rrépandu1réapndu2répadnu2répanddu1répanndu1répanud2
Edit distance from "répandu"

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 "répandu"?
"répandu" is spelled R-É-P-A-N-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\.
What does "répandu" mean?
As an adjective, "répandu" means: Que l’on a répandu ; qui est réparti, distribué.
What words are commonly confused with "répandu"?
"répandu" is commonly confused with "répond", "répondu", "réponds". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "répandu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "répandu" is \ʁe.pɑ̃.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "répandu" come from?
"répandu" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "répandu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

résumer#8,777revivre#8,770saurais#8,779trésors#8,790

Similar misspelling depth

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

souvenez11 variantstoxiques11 variantsvoisines11 variantsnatation11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list