requérir

\ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\

/\ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“requérir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,979
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demander, exiger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-requerir · requérir · French

requérir · rank #39,979 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,979
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reproduites

Nearest frequency peer: reproduites (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « requérir »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « requérir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for requérir
PropertyValue
Headwordrequérir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#39,979
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « requérir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).requérirse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reproduites » (#39,978), « respirez » (#39,980), « retraitée » (#39,981). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « requérir » est au #39,979. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around requérir (IPA \ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,979 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for requérir, with forms such as "erquérir", "reqquérir", and "requerir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is requérir, spelled R-E-Q-U-É-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Demander, exiger.
  2. 2
    Demander, exiger.
  3. 3
    Demander, exiger.
  4. 4
    Demander, exiger.
  5. 5
    Demander, exiger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cela requiert votre présence.
  2. La nécessité requérait que…

This word in other languages

request(English)requerir(Español)benötigen(Deutsch)requerer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erquérir
  • reqquérir
  • requerir
  • requréir
  • requéirr
  • requérirr
  • requérri
  • requérrir
  • reqéurir
  • reuqérir
  • rqeuérir
  • rrequérir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of requérir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erquérir2reqquérir1requerir1requréir2requéirr2requérirr1requérri2requérrir1
Edit distance from "requérir"

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 "requérir"?
"requérir" is spelled R-E-Q-U-É-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\.
What does "requérir" mean?
As a verb, "requérir" means: Demander, exiger.
What are common misspellings of "requérir"?
Common misspellings include "erquérir", "reqquérir", "requerir", "requréir", "requéirr". The correct spelling is "requérir".
How do you pronounce "requérir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "requérir" is \ʁə.ke.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "requérir" come from?
"requérir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

respirez#39,980refrains#39,970redressé#39,968recadrer#39,966

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

résineux12 variantsseconder12 variantssemblera12 variantsseptante12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list