reply
\ɹɪˈplaɪ\
The verdict
“reply” is uncommon French (frequency #52,948 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,948
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réplique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reply · reply · French
reply · rank #52,948 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,948
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reprendrez
Nearest frequency peer: reprendrez (+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 « reply »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reluisant
reluisant
47,056 corpus weight
- relèverait
relèverait
47,055 corpus weight
- reply
reply
47,053 corpus weight
- reprendrez
reprendrez
47,052 corpus weight
- representat…
representation
47,051 corpus weight
- rescapée
rescapée
47,050 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reply » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reply |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɹɪˈplaɪ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #52,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reply » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reply is uncommon French at frequency #52,948 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹɪˈplaɪ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
reply doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reply, spelled R-E-P-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Réplique.
- 2Réponse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reply appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I asked you a question. What is your reply?
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).