Rethel
\ʁə.tɛl\
The verdict
“Rethel” is uncommon French (frequency #57,561 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,561
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rethel · Rethel · French
Rethel · rank #57,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,561
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH retentissent
Nearest frequency peer: retentissent (-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 « Rethel »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- repoussa
repoussa
42,444 corpus weight
- repoussait
repoussait
42,443 corpus weight
- retentissent
retentissent
42,441 corpus weight
- Rethel
Rethel
42,440 corpus weight
- ringards
ringards
42,437 corpus weight
- Romeu
Romeu
42,436 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Rethel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rethel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Rethel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Rethel is uncommon French at frequency #57,561 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁə.tɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Rethel, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Rethel, spelled R-E-T-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département des Ardennes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rethel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’un de ces fugitifs que je questionnai au passage, me répondit que les Prussiens arrivaient en grand nombre : ils avaient coupé la route entre Mézières et Rethel, et me conseilla de rebrousser chemin.
Pourtant, ils n’eurent qu’une discussion vive, au sujet de la contribution d’un million, dont le préfet Prussien de Rethel venait de frapper le département des Ardennes, sous le prétexte de compenser les pertes causées à l’Allemagne par les vaisseaux de guerre Français et par l’expulsion des allemands domiciliés en France.
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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