rétractile
\ʁe.tʁak.til\
The verdict
“rétractile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la faculté de se rétracter, se retirer, se contracter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retractile · rétractile · French
rétractile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétractile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.tʁak.til\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rétractile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rétractile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.tʁak.til\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rétractile in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 rétractile, spelled R-É-T-R-A-C-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la faculté de se rétracter, se retirer, se contracter.
- 2Fait de se rétracter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rétractile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je le dote d’un petit perfectionnement personnel : des griffes rétractiles, comme celles d’un chat, au bout des pattes.
Câble USB rétractile.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.