retombées

\ʁə.tɔ̃.be\

/\ʁə.tɔ̃.be\/ noun

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The verdict

“retombées” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,485
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retombées radioactives.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retombees · retombées · French

retombées · rank #15,485 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,485
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reporté

Nearest frequency peer: reporté (-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 « retombées »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retombées » 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).

retombées vs retomber
78% similar
retombées vs retombent
67% similar
retombées vs retombé
78% similar

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

Key facts for retombées
PropertyValue
Headwordretombées
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tɔ̃.be\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,485
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retombées »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retombéesse 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 « reporté » (#15,484), « retournement » (#15,486), « reflètent » (#15,483). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retombées » est au #15,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around retombées (IPA \ʁə.tɔ̃.be\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,485 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Retombées radioactives.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for retombées, with forms such as "ertombées", "reotmbées", and "retmobées". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "retomber", "retombent", "retombé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retombées, spelled R-E-T-O-M-B-É-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retombées radioactives.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertombées
  • reotmbées
  • retmobées
  • retobmées
  • retombbées
  • retombees
  • retombeés
  • retombéess
  • retombése
  • retommbées
  • retomébes
  • rettombées
  • rretombées
  • rteombées

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retombées - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ertombées2reotmbées2retmobées2retobmées2retombbées1retombees1retombeés2retombéess1
Edit distance from "retombées"

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 "retombées"?
"retombées" is spelled R-E-T-O-M-B-É-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tɔ̃.be\.
What does "retombées" mean?
As a noun, "retombées" means: Retombées radioactives.
What words are commonly confused with "retombées"?
"retombées" is commonly confused with "retomber", "retombent", "retombé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retombées"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retombées" is \ʁə.tɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retombées" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reflètent#15,483recharger#15,480prévoyant#15,470prescrire#15,463

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

reviendrai14 variantsqualifiées14 variantsréagissent14 variantsprofesseure14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list