réplique

/\ʁe.plik\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,754

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

réplique is aFrenchnoun. It means: Réponse à ce qui a été dit ou écrit. Pronounced \ʁe.plik\. It ranks #6,754 in French word frequency. Often confused with répliques and répliquer.

Key facts for réplique
PropertyValue
Headwordréplique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.plik\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,754
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for réplique is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.plik\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,754 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for réplique, with forms such as "replique", "rpélique", and "rréplique". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "répliques", "répliquer", "république", 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 réplique, spelled R-É-P-L-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réponse à ce qui a été dit ou écrit.
  2. 2
    Réponse faite avec humeur, parole dite quand on devrait se taire.
  3. 3
    Réponse sur ce qui a été répondu ; réponse à la réponse faite par la partie adverse.
  4. 4
    Répétition ou octave, parce qu’on les regarde comme n’étant proprement que la répétition de la note fondamentale.
  5. 5
    Répétition que fait un instrument d’une phrase de chant déjà exécutée par un autre instrument ou par la voix.
  6. 6
    Répétition, copie d’un tableau, d’un buste, etc., exécutée par l’artiste lui-même.
  7. 7
    Ce qu’un acteur a à dire au moment où un autre finit de parler.
  8. 8
    Secousse secondaire survenant après un séisme.
  9. 9
    Copie très ressemblante.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: replique,rpélique,rréplique,rélpique,répilque,répliqeu,répliqque,répliuqe,répllique,réplqiue,répplique,érplique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for réplique

Misspelling Variants of "réplique"

replique8rpélique8rréplique9rélpique8répilque8répliqeu8répliqque9répliuqe8
Misspelling Variants of "réplique"

Frequency rank: #6,754 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réplique"?
"réplique" is spelled R-É-P-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.plik\.
What does "réplique" mean?
As a noun, "réplique" means: Réponse à ce qui a été dit ou écrit.
What words are commonly confused with "réplique"?
"réplique" is commonly confused with "répliques", "répliquer", "république". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réplique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réplique" is \ʁe.plik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réplique" come from?
"réplique" 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.