réprimant
\ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“réprimant” is uncommon French (frequency #56,903 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,903
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de réprimer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reprimant · réprimant · French
réprimant · rank #56,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,903
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réinstallé
Nearest frequency peer: réinstallé (-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 « réprimant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- récupérable
récupérable
43,101 corpus weight
- réformisme
réformisme
43,100 corpus weight
- réinstallé
réinstallé
43,099 corpus weight
- réprimant
réprimant
43,098 corpus weight
- réservera
réservera
43,097 corpus weight
- résignée
résignée
43,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réprimant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réprimant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réprimant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réprimant is uncommon French at frequency #56,903 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe présent de réprimer.".
réprimant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is réprimant, spelled R-É-P-R-I-M-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de réprimer.
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 "réprimant"?
What does "réprimant" mean?
How do you pronounce "réprimant"?
What language does "réprimant" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "réprimant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).