rétropédalage
\ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.laʒ\
The verdict
“rétropédalage” is uncommon French (frequency #73,530 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,530
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rétropédaler, résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retropedalage · rétropédalage · French
rétropédalage · rank #73,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,530
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH résisterait
Nearest frequency peer: résisterait (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « rétropédalage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réincarner
réincarner
26,474 corpus weight
- résisterait
résisterait
26,472 corpus weight
- rétropédala…
rétropédalage
26,471 corpus weight
- réunifiée
réunifiée
26,470 corpus weight
- réussirai
réussirai
26,469 corpus weight
- réutilisées
réutilisées
26,468 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rétropédalage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétropédalage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.laʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #73,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rétropédalage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rétropédalage is uncommon French at frequency #73,530 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.laʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rétropédalage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 rétropédalage, spelled R-É-T-R-O-P-É-D-A-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de rétropédaler, résultat de cette action.
- 2Action de pédaler en arrière pour freiner.
- 3Type de frein qui freine ainsi.
- 4Renoncement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rétropédalage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Déplacement en rétropédalage latéral avec mouvement de bras hors de l’eau.
Dreeft est une paire de roues équipées d’un système de freinage par rétropédalage, adaptable à tout fauteuil roulant manuel.
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); 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).