répondre au nom de
\ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁ‿o nɔ̃ də\
The verdict
“répondre au nom de” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avoir pour nom ou prénom, s’appeler.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répondre au nom de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁ‿o nɔ̃ də\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “répondre au nom de” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for répondre au nom de is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.pɔ̃.dʁ‿o nɔ̃ də\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Avoir pour nom ou prénom, s’appeler.".
répondre au nom de doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 répondre au nom de, spelled R-É-P-O-N-D-R-E- -A-U- -N-O-M- -D-E.
Definition
- 1Avoir pour nom ou prénom, s’appeler.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-P-O-N-D-R-E- -A-U- -N-O-M- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.