reptile

\ʁɛp.til\

/\ʁɛp.til\/ noun

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The verdict

“reptile” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,867
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertébré apode ou à pattes très courtes, qui avance en se traînant sur le ventre, mais qui n’est plus considéré aujourd’hui comme une classe scientifique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reptile · reptile · French

reptile · rank #33,867 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,867
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remportés

Nearest frequency peer: remportés (-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 « reptile »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reptile » 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).

reptile vs retiré
57% similar
reptile vs rétine
57% similar
reptile vs reptiles
88% similar

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

Key facts for reptile
PropertyValue
Headwordreptile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɛp.til\
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,867
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reptile »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).reptilese 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 « remportés » (#33,866), « retaper » (#33,868), « remportera » (#33,865). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reptile » est au #33,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around reptile (IPA \ʁɛp.til\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,867 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for reptile, with forms such as "erptile", "repitle", and "repptile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "retiré", "rétine", "reptiles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 reptile, spelled R-E-P-T-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vertébré apode ou à pattes très courtes, qui avance en se traînant sur le ventre, mais qui n’est plus considéré aujourd’hui comme une classe scientifique.
  2. 2
    Viande d'un de ces animaux.
  3. 3
    Dinosaure (appellation aujourd’hui rejetée par les scientifiques).
  4. 4
    Animal qui rampe ou semble ramper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certains des serpents se dressent pour l’attaquer, mais il les ravage de son talon pilonneur, impitoyable et précis. Bientôt, l’écheveau de reptiles n’a plus que des soubresauts agoniques.
  2. Les reptiles tordus au front, les yeux ardents, L’aboyeuse Gorgô vole et grince des dents Par la plaine où le sang exhale ses buées.

This word in other languages

reptile(English)reptil(Español)Reptil(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erptile
  • repitle
  • repptile
  • reptiel
  • reptille
  • reptlie
  • repttile
  • retpile
  • rpetile
  • rreptile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reptile - 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.

erptile2repitle2repptile1reptiel2reptille1reptlie2repttile1retpile2
Edit distance from "reptile"

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 "reptile"?
"reptile" is spelled R-E-P-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛp.til\.
What does "reptile" mean?
As a noun, "reptile" means: Vertébré apode ou à pattes très courtes, qui avance en se traînant sur le ventre, mais qui n’est plus considéré aujourd’hui comme une classe scientifique.
What words are commonly confused with "reptile"?
"reptile" is commonly confused with "retiré", "rétine", "reptiles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reptile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reptile" is \ʁɛp.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reptile" come from?
"reptile" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retaper#33,868quatres#33,856prêtait#33,851prévalu#33,850

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Raffarin10 variantsquittons10 variantssantana10 variantspiocher10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list