reptilien
\ʁɛp.ti.ljɛ̃\
The verdict
“reptilien” is uncommon French (frequency #51,704 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,704
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient aux reptiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reptilien · reptilien · French
reptilien · rank #51,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,704
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reprochaient
Nearest frequency peer: reprochaient (-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 « reptilien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- relayant
relayant
48,300 corpus weight
- renoué
renoué
48,299 corpus weight
- reprochaient
reprochaient
48,298 corpus weight
- reptilien
reptilien
48,297 corpus weight
- resservir
resservir
48,296 corpus weight
- retentir
retentir
48,295 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reptilien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reptilien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁɛp.ti.ljɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « reptilien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
reptilien is uncommon French at frequency #51,704 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁɛp.ti.ljɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for reptilien in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is reptilien, spelled R-E-P-T-I-L-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient aux reptiles.
- 2Instinctif et primaire, par allusion au cerveau reptilien.
- 3Relatif aux reptiliens (extra-terrestres).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reptilien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entrouvrant un œil reptilien il observa les sales gosses encourager le père de l’un d’eux à taper sur la vitre jusqu’à ce qu’ils se lassent et s’éloignent.
La peau est étique et desséchée... presque reptilienne.
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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