retrouvailles

\ʁə.tʁu.vaj\

/\ʁə.tʁu.vaj\/ noun

The verdict

“retrouvailles” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,136
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de retrouvaille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retrouvailles · retrouvailles · French

retrouvailles · rank #14,136 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,136
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restaient

Nearest frequency peer: restaient (-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 « retrouvailles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retrouvailles » 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 retrouvailles
PropertyValue
Headwordretrouvailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tʁu.vaj\
Letters13
Frequency rank#14,136
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retrouvailles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retrouvaillesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restaient » (#14,135), « rituels » (#14,137), « respiratoires » (#14,134). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retrouvailles » est au #14,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around retrouvailles (IPA \ʁə.tʁu.vaj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,136 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de retrouvaille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrouvailles, with forms such as "ertrouvailles", "rertouvailles", and "retoruvailles". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is retrouvailles, spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-V-A-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de retrouvaille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Force est de constater que le couple ultraglamour est très attendu pour leurs retrouvailles à l’écran dans ce qui s’annonce comme un grand film romantique d’aventures.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertrouvailles
  • rertouvailles
  • retoruvailles
  • retrouavilles
  • retrouvailels
  • retrouvailes
  • retrouvailless
  • retrouvaillse
  • retrouvaliles
  • retrouvialles
  • retrouvvailles
  • retrovuailles
  • retrrouvailles
  • retruovailles
  • rettrouvailles
  • rretrouvailles
  • rterouvailles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertrouvailles2rertouvailles2retoruvailles2retrouavilles2retrouvailels2retrouvailes1retrouvailless1retrouvaillse2
Edit distance from "retrouvailles"

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 "retrouvailles"?
"retrouvailles" is spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-V-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁu.vaj\.
What does "retrouvailles" mean?
As a noun, "retrouvailles" means: Pluriel de retrouvaille.
What are common misspellings of "retrouvailles"?
Common misspellings include "ertrouvailles", "rertouvailles", "retoruvailles", "retrouavilles", "retrouvailels". The correct spelling is "retrouvailles".
How do you pronounce "retrouvailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retrouvailles" is \ʁə.tʁu.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retrouvailles" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list