retour de flamme
\ʁə.tuʁ də flam\
The verdict
“retour de flamme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Phénomène de remontée de la flamme dans un brûleur.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retour de flamme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.tuʁ də flam\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retour de flamme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
retour de flamme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.tuʁ də flam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retour de flamme, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 retour de flamme, spelled R-E-T-O-U-R- -D-E- -F-L-A-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Phénomène de remontée de la flamme dans un brûleur.
- 2Accident provoqué par le brusque jaillissement d’une flamme à l’extérieur sous l’influence d’une inversion de tirage ou par quelque autre cause.
- 3Réapparition soudaine.
- 4Retour de manivelle (ou de bâton) : choc en retour, contrecoup subi
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “retour de flamme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-O-U-R- -D-E- -F-L-A-M-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.tuʁ də flam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.