replay

/\ʁi.plɛ(j)\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,134

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

replay is aFrenchnoun. It means: Système permettant de revoir ou réécouter une émission de radio ou de télévision. Pronounced \ʁi.plɛ(j)\. Often confused with repli and replié.

Key facts for replay
PropertyValue
Headwordreplay
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.plɛ(j)\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,134
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of replay in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for replay is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁi.plɛ(j)\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,134 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Système permettant de revoir ou réécouter une émission de radio ou de télévision.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for replay, with forms such as "erplay", "relpay", and "repaly". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "repli", "replié", "replis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is replay, spelled R-E-P-L-A-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système permettant de revoir ou réécouter une émission de radio ou de télévision.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erplay,relpay,repaly,replayy,repllay,replya,repplay,rpelay,rreplay

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for replay

Misspelling Variants of "replay"

erplay6relpay6repaly6replayy7repllay7replya6repplay7rpelay6
Misspelling Variants of "replay"

Frequency rank: #19,134 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "replay"?
"replay" is spelled R-E-P-L-A-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.plɛ(j)\.
What does "replay" mean?
As a noun, "replay" means: Système permettant de revoir ou réécouter une émission de radio ou de télévision.
What words are commonly confused with "replay"?
"replay" is commonly confused with "repli", "replié", "replis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "replay"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "replay" is \ʁi.plɛ(j)\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "replay" come from?
"replay" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.