responsa
\resˈpunso\
The verdict
“responsa” is uncommon French (frequency #94,201 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,201
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réponse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-responsa · responsa · French
responsa · rank #94,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,201
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH reproduirait
Nearest frequency peer: reproduirait (-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 « responsa »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- repositionné
repositionné
5,802 corpus weight
- reproduirait
reproduirait
5,801 corpus weight
- responsa
responsa
5,800 corpus weight
- ressemblants
ressemblants
5,799 corpus weight
- ressuscitant
ressuscitant
5,798 corpus weight
- resurgissent
resurgissent
5,797 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « responsa » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | responsa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \resˈpunso\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « responsa » en français
Rare enough to double-check
responsa is uncommon French at frequency #94,201 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \resˈpunso\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réponse.".
responsa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 responsa, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A.
Definition
- 1Réponse.
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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