retrancher
\ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\
The verdict
“retrancher” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,135. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,135
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Séparer une partie du tout, ôter quelque chose d’un tout.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retrancher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,135 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “retrancher” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around retrancher (IPA \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,135 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrancher, with forms such as "ertrancher", "rertancher", and "retarncher". 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, "retranchés", "retracer", "retranché", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is retrancher, spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Séparer une partie du tout, ôter quelque chose d’un tout.
- 2Faire une soustraction.
- 3Ôter entièrement ; supprimer.
- 4Munir une place, une troupe de fossés, de tranchées et autres travaux, pour arrêter les attaques de l’ennemi.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertrancher
- rertancher
- retarncher
- retracnher
- retranccher
- retrancehr
- retrancherr
- retranchher
- retranchre
- retranhcer
- retranncher
- retrnacher
- retrrancher
- rettrancher
- rretrancher
- rterancher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrancher - 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.
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.
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Using “retrancher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-T-R-A-N-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “retranchés” - see the side-by-side comparison. retrancher vs retranchés
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.