repentant
\ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“repentant” is uncommon French (frequency #78,804 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,804
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se repent d’avoir péché.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repentant · repentant · French
repentant · rank #78,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,804
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reposerait
Nearest frequency peer: reposerait (+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 « repentant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- redondantes
redondantes
21,201 corpus weight
- regarderons
regarderons
21,200 corpus weight
- repentant
repentant
21,197 corpus weight
- reposerait
reposerait
21,196 corpus weight
- ressuscitent
ressuscitent
21,195 corpus weight
- retomba
retomba
21,194 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repentant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repentant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repentant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repentant is uncommon French at frequency #78,804 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.pɑ̃.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se repent d’avoir péché.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for repentant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is repentant, spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui se repent d’avoir péché.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repentant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a donné l’absolution à un homme vraiment contrit et repentant.
Elle est très repentante.
This word in other languages
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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