repus
\ʁə.py\
The verdict
“repus” is uncommon French (frequency #83,327 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,327
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caché.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repus · repus · French
repus · rank #83,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,327
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reprogrammati…
Nearest frequency peer: reprogrammation (-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 « repus »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reparlerai
reparlerai
16,677 corpus weight
- replays
replays
16,676 corpus weight
- reprogramma…
reprogrammation
16,675 corpus weight
- repus
repus
16,674 corpus weight
- requinquer
requinquer
16,673 corpus weight
- ressemblante
ressemblante
16,672 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repus |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁə.py\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « repus » en français
Rare enough to double-check
repus is uncommon French at frequency #83,327 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.py\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
repus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is repus, spelled R-E-P-U-S.
Definition
- 1Caché.
- 2Dimanche repus : Dimanche de la Passion, car ce jour là les croix et les statues des saints sont voilées dans les églises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how repus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vendredi avant le dimanche repus 1294.
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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