retransmission

\ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“retransmission” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,118. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,118
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rediffusion d'un programme télévisuel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retransmission · retransmission · French

retransmission · rank #29,118 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,118
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restante

Nearest frequency peer: restante (-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 « retransmission »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retransmission » 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
Key facts for retransmission
PropertyValue
Headwordretransmission
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#29,118
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retransmission »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).retransmissionse 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 « restante » (#29,117), « revend » (#29,119), « ressentis » (#29,116). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retransmission » est au #29,118. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around retransmission (IPA \ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,118 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for retransmission, with forms such as "ertransmission", "rertansmission", and "retarnsmission". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is retransmission, spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rediffusion d'un programme télévisuel.
  2. 2
    Relai de la diffusion sur un autre canal médiatique.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des organes qui transmettent aux roues la puissance du moteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les droits de retransmission de jeux olympiques.
  2. En interceptant les communications satellites des retransmissions, les escrocs gagnaient de précieuses secondes sur les autres bookmakeurs.

Synonyms

transmission

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertransmission
  • rertansmission
  • retarnsmission
  • retranmsission
  • retrannsmission
  • retransimssion
  • retransmision
  • retransmisison
  • retransmissino
  • retransmissionn
  • retransmissoin
  • retransmmission
  • retransmsision
  • retranssmission
  • retrasnmission
  • retrnasmission
  • retrransmission
  • rettransmission
  • rretransmission
  • rteransmission

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertransmission2rertansmission2retarnsmission2retranmsission2retrannsmission1retransimssion2retransmision1retransmisison2
Edit distance from "retransmission"

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 "retransmission"?
"retransmission" is spelled R-E-T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "retransmission" mean?
As a noun, "retransmission" means: Rediffusion d'un programme télévisuel.
What are common misspellings of "retransmission"?
Common misspellings include "ertransmission", "rertansmission", "retarnsmission", "retranmsission", "retrannsmission". The correct spelling is "retransmission".
How do you pronounce "retransmission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retransmission" is \ʁə.tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retransmission" come from?
"retransmission" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list