rétinite
\ʁe.ti.nit\
The verdict
“rétinite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lave vitreuse, à éclat moins vif que l’obsidienne, d’un vert noirâtre, ressemblant à un verre, mais ayant un aspect résineux comme la poix.
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Index FR-retinite · rétinite · French
rétinite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétinite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.ti.nit\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rétinite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.ti.nit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lave vitreuse, à éclat moins vif que l’obsidienne, d’un vert noirâtre, ressemblant à un verre, mais ayant un aspect résineux comme la poix.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rétinite, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 rétinite, spelled R-É-T-I-N-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Lave vitreuse, à éclat moins vif que l’obsidienne, d’un vert noirâtre, ressemblant à un verre, mais ayant un aspect résineux comme la poix.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.