repetition
\ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən\
The verdict
“repetition” is uncommon French (frequency #89,078 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,078
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répétition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repetition · repetition · French
repetition · rank #89,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,078
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rentreras
Nearest frequency peer: rentreras (-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 « repetition »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- renonces
renonces
10,926 corpus weight
- renseignera
renseignera
10,925 corpus weight
- rentreras
rentreras
10,924 corpus weight
- repetition
repetition
10,923 corpus weight
- repliement
repliement
10,922 corpus weight
- reposoir
reposoir
10,921 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repetition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repetition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,078 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repetition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repetition is uncommon French at frequency #89,078 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for repetition in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 repetition, spelled R-E-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Répétition.
- 2Reprise.
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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