réprimander
\ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃.de\
The verdict
“réprimander” is uncommon French (frequency #53,611 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,611
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reprendre quelqu’un avec autorité, lui reprocher sa faute.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reprimander · réprimander · French
réprimander · rank #53,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,611
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH régénère
Nearest frequency peer: régénère (-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 « réprimander »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- récidives
récidives
46,393 corpus weight
- récollets
récollets
46,392 corpus weight
- régénère
régénère
46,391 corpus weight
- réprimander
réprimander
46,390 corpus weight
- réputations
réputations
46,389 corpus weight
- résiduels
résiduels
46,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réprimander » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réprimander |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃.de\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réprimander » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réprimander is uncommon French at frequency #53,611 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reprendre quelqu’un avec autorité, lui reprocher sa faute.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for réprimander in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réprimander, spelled R-É-P-R-I-M-A-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Reprendre quelqu’un avec autorité, lui reprocher sa faute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réprimander appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je l’ai fortement réprimandé sur sa conduite. Je l’en ai réprimandé.
Il ne peut souffrir d’être réprimandé. Quel droit a-t-il de vous réprimander ?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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