rétablir

\ʁe.ta.bliʁ\

/\ʁe.ta.bliʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“rétablir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,134
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remettre une personne ou une chose en son état antérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retablir · rétablir · French

rétablir · rank #6,134 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,134
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réaliste

Nearest frequency peer: réaliste (-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 « rétablir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rétablir » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rétablir vs rétablit
88% similar
rétablir vs rétablis
88% similar
rétablir vs rétabli
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rétablir
PropertyValue
Headwordrétablir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ta.bliʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,134
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rétablir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rétablirse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réaliste » (#6,133), « sain » (#6,135), « ressortir » (#6,132). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rétablir » est au #6,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around rétablir (IPA \ʁe.ta.bliʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,134 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rétablir, with forms such as "retablir", "rrétablir", and "rtéablir". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "rétablit", "rétablis", "rétabli", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rétablir, spelled R-É-T-A-B-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remettre une personne ou une chose en son état antérieur.
  2. 2
    Remettre en vigueur ; faire exister de nouveau.
  3. 3
    Remettre en bon état ou en meilleur état.
  4. 4
    Remettre dans une situation de stabilité.
  5. 5
    Recouvrer la santé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rétablir un homme dans son emploi, dans tous ses droits.
  2. Le Concile de Trente a rétabli la discipline de l’Église.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • retablir
  • rrétablir
  • rtéablir
  • réatblir
  • rétabblir
  • rétabilr
  • rétablirr
  • rétabllir
  • rétablri
  • rétalbir
  • rétbalir
  • réttablir
  • értablir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rétablir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

retablir1rrétablir1rtéablir2réatblir2rétabblir1rétabilr2rétablirr1rétabllir1
Edit distance from "rétablir"

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 "rétablir"?
"rétablir" is spelled R-É-T-A-B-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ta.bliʁ\.
What does "rétablir" mean?
As a verb, "rétablir" means: Remettre une personne ou une chose en son état antérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "rétablir"?
"rétablir" is commonly confused with "rétablit", "rétablis", "rétabli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rétablir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rétablir" is \ʁe.ta.bliʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rétablir" come from?
"rétablir" 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 "rétablir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list