retardement

\ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“retardement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,111
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de retarder, de causer du retard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retardement · retardement · French

retardement · rank #25,111 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,111
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restrictive

Nearest frequency peer: restrictive (-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 « retardement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retardement » 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 retardement
PropertyValue
Headwordretardement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,111
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retardement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retardementse 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 « restrictive » (#25,110), « retardée » (#25,112), « remember » (#25,109). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retardement » est au #25,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around retardement (IPA \ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,111 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de retarder, de causer du retard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for retardement, with forms such as "ertardement", "reatrdement", and "retadrement". 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.

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 retardement, spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de retarder, de causer du retard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Causer, apporter du retardement à quelque chose.
  2. Il n’y aura point de retardement de ma part.

Synonyms

atermoiement

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertardement
  • reatrdement
  • retadrement
  • retarddement
  • retardeemnt
  • retardemennt
  • retardementt
  • retardemetn
  • retardemment
  • retardemnet
  • retardmeent
  • retaredment
  • retarrdement
  • retradement
  • rettardement
  • rretardement
  • rteardement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertardement2reatrdement2retadrement2retarddement1retardeemnt2retardemennt1retardementt1retardemetn2
Edit distance from "retardement"

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 "retardement"?
"retardement" is spelled R-E-T-A-R-D-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\.
What does "retardement" mean?
As a noun, "retardement" means: Action de retarder, de causer du retard.
What are common misspellings of "retardement"?
Common misspellings include "ertardement", "reatrdement", "retadrement", "retarddement", "retardeemnt". The correct spelling is "retardement".
How do you pronounce "retardement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retardement" is \ʁə.taʁ.də.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retardement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

restrictive#25,110relâchement#25,108saisonniers#25,122pénitencier#25,095

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

préparateur17 variantssubtilement17 variantsimprobables17 variantsHerzégovine17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list