rétrospectives
\ʁe.tʁo.spɛk.tiv\
The verdict
“rétrospectives” is uncommon French (frequency #54,881 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,881
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de rétrospectif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-retrospectives · rétrospectives · French
rétrospectives · rank #54,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,881
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rétracté
Nearest frequency peer: rétracté (-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 « rétrospectives »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rétablissant
rétablissant
45,123 corpus weight
- rétorquer
rétorquer
45,122 corpus weight
- rétracté
rétracté
45,121 corpus weight
- rétrospecti…
rétrospectives
45,120 corpus weight
- réveillons
réveillons
45,119 corpus weight
- rôtis
rôtis
45,118 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « rétrospectives » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rétrospectives |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.tʁo.spɛk.tiv\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #54,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « rétrospectives » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rétrospectives is uncommon French at frequency #54,881 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.tʁo.spɛk.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de rétrospectif.".
rétrospectives has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rétrospectives, spelled R-É-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de rétrospectif.
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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