reposant

\ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\

/\ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“reposant” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,844
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui repose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reposant · reposant · French

reposant · rank #11,844 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,844
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendrait

Nearest frequency peer: rendrait (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « reposant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « reposant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

reposant vs repost
75% similar
reposant vs reposent
88% similar
reposant vs revoyant
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for reposant
PropertyValue
Headwordreposant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,844
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reposant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).reposantse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rendrait » (#11,843), « rideaux » (#11,845), « rejoignent » (#11,842). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reposant » est au #11,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around reposant (IPA \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,844 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui repose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for reposant, with forms such as "erposant", "reopsant", and "repoasnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "repost", "reposent", "revoyant", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 reposant, spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui repose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vacances reposantes.
  2. Séjour reposant.

This word in other languages

erholsam(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erposant
  • reopsant
  • repoasnt
  • reposannt
  • reposantt
  • reposatn
  • reposnat
  • repossant
  • repposant
  • repsoant
  • rpeosant
  • rreposant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reposant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erposant2reopsant2repoasnt2reposannt1reposantt1reposatn2reposnat2repossant1
Edit distance from "reposant"

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 "reposant"?
"reposant" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\.
What does "reposant" mean?
As an adjective, "reposant" means: Qui repose.
What words are commonly confused with "reposant"?
"reposant" is commonly confused with "repost", "reposent", "revoyant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reposant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reposant" is \ʁə.pɔ.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reposant" come from?
"reposant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rendrait#11,843serpents#11,853prescrit#11,834pochette#11,831

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

paraissait12 variantspapillons12 variantstribunes12 variantsoccupants12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list