repensais
\ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ\
The verdict
“repensais” is uncommon French (frequency #91,100 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,100
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de repenser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repensais · repensais · French
repensais · rank #91,100 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,100
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rependre
Nearest frequency peer: rependre (-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 « repensais »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- remédiation
remédiation
8,905 corpus weight
- renouvelez
renouvelez
8,903 corpus weight
- rependre
rependre
8,902 corpus weight
- repensais
repensais
8,901 corpus weight
- reso
reso
8,899 corpus weight
- respawn
respawn
8,898 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repensais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repensais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repensais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repensais is uncommon French at frequency #91,100 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.pɑ̃.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for repensais in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is repensais, spelled R-E-P-E-N-S-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de repenser.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de repenser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repensais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je repensais à l’automne en Oregon, au vol des faisans, aux soirs bleus, à la mélancolie.
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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