retweet

\ʁə.twit\

/\ʁə.twit\/ noun

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The verdict

“retweet” is uncommon French (frequency #64,050 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,050
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-retweet · retweet · French

retweet · rank #64,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,050
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respecterait

Nearest frequency peer: respecterait (-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 « retweet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « retweet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for retweet
PropertyValue
Headwordretweet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.twit\
Letters7
Frequency rank#64,050
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « retweet » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).retweettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « respecterait » (#64,049), « rixes » (#64,051), « repeinte » (#64,048). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retweet » est au #64,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

retweet is uncommon French at frequency #64,050 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.twit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de retwitter.".

No misspelling variants are generated for retweet in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is retweet, spelled R-E-T-W-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de retwitter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dix micromessages chaque jour, autant de retweets - le transfert des messages des autres à ses abonnés - et un nombre indéfini de conversations en format 2.

Synonyms

repost

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 "retweet"?
"retweet" is spelled R-E-T-W-E-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.twit\.
What does "retweet" mean?
As a noun, "retweet" means: Action de retwitter.
How do you pronounce "retweet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retweet" is \ʁə.twit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retweet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

roussin#64,060Pézenas#64,032pâtures#64,030santons#64,080

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list