rétropédaler
\ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.le\
The verdict
“rétropédaler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pédaler dans le sens contraire au sens de marche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retropedaler · rétropédaler · French
rétropédaler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétropédaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.le\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rétropédaler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rétropédaler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.tʁo.pe.da.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
rétropédaler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 rétropédaler, spelled R-É-T-R-O-P-É-D-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pédaler dans le sens contraire au sens de marche.
- 2Pédaler en sens inverse pour reculer (faire marche arrière)
- 3Renoncer, faire machine arrière, opérer un revirement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rétropédaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand on en a goûté on a peine à revenir aux anciens systèmes, les manettes et poignées de commande paraissent barbares et primitives et d’instincts on renverse le mouvement des jambes pour changer la multiplication et rétropédaler.
Il convient de remarquer qu'il existe un cas où l'on peut "rétropédaler" efficacement, c'est avec un pédalo
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.