retracent

\ʁə.tʁas\

/\ʁə.tʁas\/ verb

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The verdict

“retracent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,690
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retracer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retracent · retracent · French

retracent · rank #44,690 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,690
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restructurati…

Nearest frequency peer: restructurations (-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 « retracent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retracent » 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).

retracent vs retracer
78% similar
retracent vs retracé
67% similar
retracent vs réticent
67% similar

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

Key facts for retracent
PropertyValue
Headwordretracent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,690
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retracent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restructurations » (#44,689), « ribambelle » (#44,691), « représentons » (#44,688). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retracent » est au #44,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around retracent (IPA \ʁə.tʁas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,690 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for retracent, with forms such as "ertracent", "rertacent", and "retarcent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "retracer", "retracé", "réticent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is retracent, spelled R-E-T-R-A-C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retracer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de retracer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how retracent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Après deux ans sans spectacle, le théâtre de verdure de Lambader s’illumine le temps de trois soirées son et lumière qui retracent près de 20 siècles d’histoire de la Bretagne et du Pays léonard.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertracent
  • rertacent
  • retarcent
  • retraccent
  • retracennt
  • retracentt
  • retracetn
  • retracnet
  • retraecnt
  • retrcaent
  • retrracent
  • rettracent
  • rretracent
  • rteracent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retracent - 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.

ertracent2rertacent2retarcent2retraccent1retracennt1retracentt1retracetn2retracnet2
Edit distance from "retracent"

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 "retracent"?
"retracent" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁas\.
What does "retracent" mean?
As a verb, "retracent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retracer.
What words are commonly confused with "retracent"?
"retracent" is commonly confused with "retracer", "retracé", "réticent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retracent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retracent" is \ʁə.tʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retracent" come from?
"retracent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

renommées#44,686rituelles#44,696reflétait#44,681ravisseur#44,675

Similar misspelling depth

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

réussiront14 variantspyramidal14 variantssuffisaient14 variantssupportées14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list