rétrécissement
\ʁe.tʁe.sis.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“rétrécissement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #38,527 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,527
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- letters
- 21
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle une chose est rétrécie ; état d’une chose rétrécie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétrécissement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.tʁe.sis.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #38,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rétrécissement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rétrécissement is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.tʁe.sis.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,527 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Action par laquelle une chose est rétrécie ; état d’une chose rétrécie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for rétrécissement, with forms such as "retrecissement", "rrétrécissement", and "rtérécissement". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rétrécissement, spelled R-É-T-R-É-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Action par laquelle une chose est rétrécie ; état d’une chose rétrécie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: retrecissement,rrétrécissement,rtérécissement,rértécissement,rétrcéissement,rétrrécissement,rétréccissement,rétrécisement,rétrécisesment,rétrécisseemnt,rétrécissemennt,rétrécissementt,rétrécissemetn,rétrécissemment,rétrécissemnet,rétrécissmeent,rétrécsisement,rétréicssement,réttrécissement,rétércissement,értrécissement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rétrécissement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “rétrécissement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-É-T-R-É-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁe.tʁe.sis.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.