reps
\ʁɛps\
The verdict
“reps” is uncommon French (frequency #90,126 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,126
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Étoffe de soie et laine, de laine et coton, ou simplement de coton, très forte, à côtes transversales, et qui sert surtout pour l’ameublement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reps · reps · French
reps · rank #90,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,126
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH repaître
Nearest frequency peer: repaître (-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 « reps »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- renforçons
renforçons
9,879 corpus weight
- renverrai
renverrai
9,878 corpus weight
- repaître
repaître
9,876 corpus weight
- reps
reps
9,875 corpus weight
- restaus
restaus
9,873 corpus weight
- retreat
retreat
9,872 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reps » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reps |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛps\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reps » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reps is uncommon French at frequency #90,126 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁɛps\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Étoffe de soie et laine, de laine et coton, ou simplement de coton, très forte, à côtes transversales, et qui sert surtout pour l’ameublement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for reps in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reps, spelled R-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1Étoffe de soie et laine, de laine et coton, ou simplement de coton, très forte, à côtes transversales, et qui sert surtout pour l’ameublement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La petite personne […] passa ses bras autour du cou de son guide, qui la posa sur le trottoir, sans avoir chiffonné la garniture de sa robe en reps vert.
Cependant, il plongeait à l’intérieur de la voiture, tendue de reps bleu, avec des passementeries et des effilés de soie.
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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