repliement

\ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“repliement” is uncommon French (frequency #89,079 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,079
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de replier, de se replier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repliement · repliement · French

repliement · rank #89,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,079
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH repetition

Nearest frequency peer: repetition (-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 « repliement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repliement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for repliement
PropertyValue
Headwordrepliement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,079
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « repliement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).repliementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « repetition » (#89,078), « reposoir » (#89,080), « rentreras » (#89,077). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « repliement » est au #89,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

repliement is uncommon French at frequency #89,079 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

repliement has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 repliement, spelled R-E-P-L-I-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de replier, de se replier.
  2. 2
    État d’une personne, d’un groupe de personnes, qui s’isole du monde extérieur et se referme sur lui-même.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how repliement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le repliement d’une troupe. → voir battre en retraite
  2. L’autonomie ? Le repliement de l’Alsace sur elle-même ? On aboutirait à la stérilisation et à la mort.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "repliement"?
"repliement" is spelled R-E-P-L-I-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\.
What does "repliement" mean?
As a noun, "repliement" means: Action de replier, de se replier.
How do you pronounce "repliement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repliement" is \ʁə.pli.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "repliement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list