réverbère
\ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ\
The verdict
“réverbère” is uncommon French (frequency #56,248 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,248
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositif pour réfléchir la lumière ou la chaleur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reverbere · réverbère · French
réverbère · rank #56,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,248
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réveillais
Nearest frequency peer: réveillais (-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 « réverbère »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- résoudrait
résoudrait
43,756 corpus weight
- rétablies
rétablies
43,755 corpus weight
- réveillais
réveillais
43,754 corpus weight
- réverbère
réverbère
43,753 corpus weight
- révisionnis…
révisionnistes
43,752 corpus weight
- révoltante
révoltante
43,751 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réverbère » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | réverbère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réverbère » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réverbère is uncommon French at frequency #56,248 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
réverbère has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is réverbère, spelled R-É-V-E-R-B-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Dispositif pour réfléchir la lumière ou la chaleur.
- 2Lanterne contenant une lampe munie d’un ou de plusieurs réflecteurs et servant à l’éclairage des voies publiques.
- 3Chasse au réverbère : Chasse aux canards pratiquée la nuit avec une lumière attachée au bout d'une perche à l'avant de l’embarcation des chasseurs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réverbère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fourneau à réverbère, Four à réverbère.
Voici qui, à la clarté sombre des réverbères tourmentés par le vent de la nuit, remonte une des rues tortueuses et peuplées de petits ménages de montagne Sainte-Geneviève.
Synonyms
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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