répudiation

\ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“répudiation” is uncommon French (frequency #63,326 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,326
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repudiation · répudiation · French

répudiation · rank #63,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,326
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH résonnait

Nearest frequency peer: résonnait (+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 « répudiation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « répudiation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for répudiation
PropertyValue
Headwordrépudiation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#63,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « répudiation » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.répudiationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « résonnait » (#63,327), « rémunérateurs » (#63,324), « régressif » (#63,323). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « répudiation » est au #63,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

répudiation is uncommon French at frequency #63,326 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for répudiation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is répudiation, spelled R-É-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse.
  2. 2
    Action de repousser ; rejet.
  3. 3
    Renonciation.
  4. 4
    Action de nier, de remettre en cause un contrat, une transaction, en plaidant la contrefaçon de l’identification.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La répudiation existait dans l’Antiquité.
  2. […] la répudiation de la femme par l’homme pour cause de stérilité était considérée comme normale dans une société [les Germains du Haut Moyen Âge] qui valorisait la fécondité comme une preuve de la faveur des dieux.

This word in other languages

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 "répudiation"?
"répudiation" is spelled R-É-P-U-D-I-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\.
What does "répudiation" mean?
As a noun, "répudiation" means: Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse.
How do you pronounce "répudiation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "répudiation" is \ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "répudiation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list