repentir
\ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ\
The verdict
“repentir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,680
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de se repentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repentir · repentir · French
repentir · rank #22,680 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,680
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repartie
Nearest frequency peer: repartie (-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 « repentir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- renforcés
renforcés
77,324 corpus weight
- repartent
repartent
77,323 corpus weight
- repartie
repartie
77,322 corpus weight
- repentir
repentir
77,321 corpus weight
- repoussant
repoussant
77,320 corpus weight
- respectif
respectif
77,319 corpus weight
What this shows « repentir » 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 | repentir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « repentir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around repentir (IPA \ʁə.pɑ̃.tiʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,680 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for repentir, with forms such as "erpentir", "reepntir", and "repenitr". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "revenir", "retenir", "revêtir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is repentir, spelled R-E-P-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1Action de se repentir.
- 2Trace d’une première idée qu’on a voulu corriger.
- 3Cheveux roulés en tire-bouchons, qui pendent des deux côtés du visage. (au pluriel uniquement)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repentir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ravir à l’homme la possibilité d’expier son forfait par son repentir ou par des actes de vertu […] est à mes yeux le plus horrible raffinement de la cruauté.
Alors, quand toutes les facultés sont suspendues, nous devenons semblables aux démons de l’enfer qui ressentent le remords, mais qui ignorent le repentir.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erpentir
- reepntir
- repenitr
- repenntir
- repentirr
- repentri
- repenttir
- repetnir
- repnetir
- reppentir
- rpeentir
- rrepentir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repentir - 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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).