retenues

\ʁə.tə.ny\

/\ʁə.tə.ny\/ adj

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The verdict

“retenues” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,679. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,679
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de retenu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retenues · retenues · French

retenues · rank #13,679 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,679
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restants

Nearest frequency peer: restants (-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 « retenues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retenues » 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).

retenues vs revenus
75% similar
retenues vs revenue
75% similar
retenues vs retenus
88% similar

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

Key facts for retenues
PropertyValue
Headwordretenues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.tə.ny\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,679
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retenues »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retenuesse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restants » (#13,678), « revendiquer » (#13,680), « remplies » (#13,677). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retenues » est au #13,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around retenues (IPA \ʁə.tə.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,679 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de retenu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retenues, with forms such as "ertenues", "reetnues", and "reteneus". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "revenus", "revenue", "retenus", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retenues, spelled R-E-T-E-N-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de retenu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertenues
  • reetnues
  • reteneus
  • retennues
  • retenuess
  • retenuse
  • reteunes
  • retneues
  • rettenues
  • rretenues
  • rteenues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertenues2reetnues2reteneus2retennues1retenuess1retenuse2reteunes2retneues2
Edit distance from "retenues"

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 "retenues"?
"retenues" is spelled R-E-T-E-N-U-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tə.ny\.
What does "retenues" mean?
As an adjective, "retenues" means: Féminin pluriel de retenu.
What words are commonly confused with "retenues"?
"retenues" is commonly confused with "revenus", "revenue", "retenus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retenues"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retenues" is \ʁə.tə.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retenues" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

restants#13,678remplies#13,677réduites#13,684réfugier#13,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

remords11 variantsrationnel11 variantsrésisté11 variantsplaçant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list