reperdre
\ʁə.pɛʁdʁ\
The verdict
“reperdre” is uncommon French (frequency #98,431 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,431
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perdre de nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reperdre · reperdre · French
reperdre · rank #98,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,431
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repentie
Nearest frequency peer: repentie (-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 « reperdre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rejouera
rejouera
1,574 corpus weight
- rentabilise
rentabilise
1,572 corpus weight
- repentie
repentie
1,571 corpus weight
- reperdre
reperdre
1,570 corpus weight
- replia
replia
1,569 corpus weight
- repéra
repéra
1,566 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reperdre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reperdre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.pɛʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,431 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reperdre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reperdre is uncommon French at frequency #98,431 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.pɛʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perdre de nouveau.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reperdre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is reperdre, spelled R-E-P-E-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Perdre de nouveau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reperdre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout allait bien tant que les fumées du vin échauffaient le cerveau du malade ; mais dès qu’il avait complètement recouvré, ou plutôt reperdu sa raison, il retombait dans sa manie.
Une femme sans cœur serait devenue dame et maîtresse après la scène du bateau, moi, je me suis reperdue.
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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