répudiation
\ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\
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
- réfrigérée
réfrigérée
36,679 corpus weight
- régressif
régressif
36,678 corpus weight
- rémunérateu…
rémunérateurs
36,677 corpus weight
- répudiation
répudiation
36,675 corpus weight
- résonnait
résonnait
36,674 corpus weight
- sablés
sablés
36,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « répudiation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | répudiation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.py.dja.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « répudiation » en français
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
- 1Action de répudier, de renvoyer légalement son épouse.
- 2Action de repousser ; rejet.
- 3Renonciation.
- 4Action de nier, de remettre en cause un contrat, une transaction, en plaidant la contrefaçon de l’identification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how répudiation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La répudiation existait dans l’Antiquité.
[…] 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.
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