république

/\ʁe.py.blik\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#710

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

république is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chose publique, intérêt général. Pronounced \ʁe.py.blik\. It ranks #710 in French word frequency. Often confused with républiques and réplique.

Key facts for république
PropertyValue
Headwordrépublique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.py.blik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#710
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of république in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for république is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.py.blik\. Corpus data places it at rank #710 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for république, with forms such as "republique", "rpéublique", and "rrépublique". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "républiques", "réplique", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is république, spelled R-É-P-U-B-L-I-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chose publique, intérêt général.
  2. 2
    Groupe considéré comme organisé et dont les membres partagent des traits communs.
  3. 3
    Groupe considéré comme organisé et dont les membres partagent des traits communs.
  4. 4
    Groupe considéré comme organisé et dont les membres partagent des traits communs.
  5. 5
    Régime politique non héréditaire. Antonymes : monarchie, empire.
  6. 6
    Régime politique non héréditaire. Antonymes : monarchie, empire.
  7. 7
    Régime politique non héréditaire. Antonymes : monarchie, empire.
  8. 8
    Lieu, pays organisé en république.
  9. 9
    Lieu, pays organisé en république.
  10. 10
    République française, régime particulier de cette organisation qui fixe les modalités de l’exercice du pouvoir en France ; l’État ainsi organisé.
  11. 11
    Allégorie de la république, représentée par une femme ; Marianne.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: republique,rpéublique,rrépublique,répbulique,réppublique,répubblique,répubilque,républiqeu,républiqque,républiuqe,républlique,républqiue,répulbique,réupblique,érpublique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for république

Misspelling Variants of "république"

republique10rpéublique10rrépublique11répbulique10réppublique11répubblique11répubilque10républiqeu10
Misspelling Variants of "république"

Frequency rank: #710 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "république"?
"république" is spelled R-É-P-U-B-L-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.py.blik\.
What does "république" mean?
As a noun, "république" means: Chose publique, intérêt général.
What words are commonly confused with "république"?
"république" is commonly confused with "républiques", "réplique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "république"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "république" is \ʁe.py.blik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "république" come from?
"république" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.