retranchés

\ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\

/\ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“retranchés” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,725
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-retranches · retranchés · French

retranchés · rank #34,725 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,725
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retenait

Nearest frequency peer: retenait (-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 « retranchés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retranchés » 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).

retranchés vs retranché
90% similar
retranchés vs retrancher
80% similar

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

Key facts for retranchés
PropertyValue
Headwordretranchés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,725
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retranchés »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).retranchésse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « retenait » (#34,724), « rhode » (#34,726), « ressourcer » (#34,723). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retranchés » est au #34,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around retranchés (IPA \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,725 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin pluriel de retrancher.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for retranchés, with forms such as "ertranchés", "rertanchés", and "retarnchés". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "retranché", "retrancher", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is retranchés, spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-C-H-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin pluriel de retrancher.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertranchés
  • rertanchés
  • retarnchés
  • retracnhés
  • retrancchés
  • retranches
  • retranchhés
  • retranchsé
  • retranchéss
  • retrancéhs
  • retranhcés
  • retrannchés
  • retrnachés
  • retrranchés
  • rettranchés
  • rretranchés
  • rteranchés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retranchés - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ertranchés2rertanchés2retarnchés2retracnhés2retrancchés1retranches1retranchhés1retranchsé2
Edit distance from "retranchés"

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 "retranchés"?
"retranchés" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-C-H-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\.
What does "retranchés" mean?
As a verb, "retranchés" means: Participe passé masculin pluriel de retrancher.
What words are commonly confused with "retranchés"?
"retranchés" is commonly confused with "retranché", "retrancher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retranchés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retranchés" is \ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retranchés" come from?
"retranchés" 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 "retranchés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ressourcer#34,723récipients#34,732répondrait#34,736radicalisé#34,709

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

salpêtrière17 variantsstructurés17 variantsplafonnement17 variantstotalitaires17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list