retentissent

\ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\

/\ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\/ verb

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The verdict

“retentissent” is uncommon French (frequency #57,560 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,560
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de retentir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retentissent · retentissent · French

retentissent · rank #57,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,560
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rethel

Nearest frequency peer: Rethel (+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 « retentissent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « retentissent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for retentissent
PropertyValue
Headwordretentissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,560
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « retentissent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retentissenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Rethel » (#57,561), « repoussait » (#57,558), « repoussa » (#57,557). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retentissent » est au #57,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

retentissent is uncommon French at frequency #57,560 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for retentissent, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retentissent, spelled R-E-T-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de retentir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de retentir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de retentir.

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 "retentissent"?
"retentissent" is spelled R-E-T-E-N-T-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\.
What does "retentissent" mean?
As a verb, "retentissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de retentir.
How do you pronounce "retentissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retentissent" is \ʁə.tɑ̃.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retentissent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

préfectoraux#57,526subséquentes#57,621surélévation#57,624paramédicaux#57,483

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list