retracé

\ʁə.tʁa.se\

/\ʁə.tʁa.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“retracé” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,119
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de retracer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retrace · retracé · French

retracé · rank #43,119 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,119
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retirera

Nearest frequency peer: retirera (-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 « retracé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retracé » 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).

retracé vs retrait
71% similar
retracé vs rétréci
57% similar
retracé vs retraite
63% similar

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

Key facts for retracé
PropertyValue
Headwordretracé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁa.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,119
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retracé »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retracése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retirera » (#43,118), « revaloriser » (#43,120), « retenti » (#43,117). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retracé » est au #43,119. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around retracé (IPA \ʁə.tʁa.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,119 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de retracer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for retracé, with forms such as "ertracé", "rertacé", and "retarcé". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "retrait", "rétréci", "retraite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is retracé, spelled R-E-T-R-A-C-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de retracer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertracé
  • rertacé
  • retarcé
  • retraccé
  • retrace
  • retraéc
  • retrcaé
  • retrracé
  • rettracé
  • rretracé
  • rteracé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retracé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ertracé2rertacé2retarcé2retraccé1retrace1retraéc2retrcaé2retrracé1
Edit distance from "retracé"

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 "retracé"?
"retracé" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-C-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁa.se\.
What does "retracé" mean?
As a verb, "retracé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de retracer.
What words are commonly confused with "retracé"?
"retracé" is commonly confused with "retrait", "rétréci", "retraite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retracé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retracé" is \ʁə.tʁa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retracé" come from?
"retracé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retenti#43,117rockets#43,126rasoirs#43,106Samurai#43,136

Similar misspelling depth

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

retirera11 variantsreviennes11 variantsreliquat11 variantsroutines11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list