respirons
\ʁɛs.pi.ʁɔ̃\
The verdict
“respirons” is uncommon French (frequency #62,587 among 507,453 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,587
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de respirer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | respirons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɛs.pi.ʁɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “respirons” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
respirons is uncommon French at frequency #62,587 among 507,453 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɛs.pi.ʁɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
respirons doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is respirons, spelled R-E-S-P-I-R-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de respirer.
- 2Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de respirer.
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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Using “respirons”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-S-P-I-R-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɛs.pi.ʁɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.