rétractable

\ʁet.ʁak.tabl\

/\ʁet.ʁak.tabl\/ adj

The verdict

“rétractable” is uncommon French (frequency #51,728 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,728
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que l’on peut rétracter, retirer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retractable · rétractable · French

rétractable · rank #51,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,728
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH résulta

Nearest frequency peer: résulta (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « rétractable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rétractable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rétractable
PropertyValue
Headwordrétractable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁet.ʁak.tabl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#51,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « rétractable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rétractabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « résulta » (#51,727), « rôdeur » (#51,729), « résonnance » (#51,726). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rétractable » est au #51,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rétractable is uncommon French at frequency #51,728 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁet.ʁak.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que l’on peut rétracter, retirer.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rétractable, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rétractable, spelled R-É-T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que l’on peut rétracter, retirer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un cordon rétractable, une mine rétractable.

Synonyms

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); 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 "rétractable"?
"rétractable" is spelled R-É-T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁet.ʁak.tabl\.
What does "rétractable" mean?
As an adjective, "rétractable" means: Que l’on peut rétracter, retirer.
How do you pronounce "rétractable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rétractable" is \ʁet.ʁak.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list