répétais
\ʁe.pe.tɛ\
The verdict
“répétais” is uncommon French (frequency #78,826 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,826
- 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 répéter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repetais · répétais · French
répétais · rank #78,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,826
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH régressent
Nearest frequency peer: régressent (-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 « répétais »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réactivée
réactivée
21,180 corpus weight
- réaffecté
réaffecté
21,179 corpus weight
- réanimé
réanimé
21,178 corpus weight
- régressent
régressent
21,176 corpus weight
- répétais
répétais
21,175 corpus weight
- résidera
résidera
21,172 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « répétais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répétais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pe.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « répétais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
répétais is uncommon French at frequency #78,826 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.pe.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for répétais, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is répétais, spelled R-É-P-É-T-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de répéter.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de répéter.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).