Reynald
\ʁɛ.nald\
The verdict
“Reynald” is uncommon French (frequency #74,338 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,338
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reynald · Reynald · French
Reynald · rank #74,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,338
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH revêtait
Nearest frequency peer: revêtait (-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 « Reynald »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- revendicatif
revendicatif
25,666 corpus weight
- reverront
reverront
25,665 corpus weight
- revêtait
revêtait
25,664 corpus weight
- Reynald
Reynald
25,663 corpus weight
- ricaine
ricaine
25,662 corpus weight
- rochas
rochas
25,661 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Reynald » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reynald |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.nald\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Reynald » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Reynald is uncommon French at frequency #74,338 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʁɛ.nald\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Reynald, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Reynald, spelled R-E-Y-N-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Reynald appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
D’après une enquête publiée en 2014 par le Sunday Times, Mohamed Bin Hammam a offert, en novembre 2010, 305 000 € au Polynésien Reynald Temarii, président de la Confédération d’Océanie de 2004 à 2010, afin de favoriser l’attribution de la Coupe du monde 2022 au Qatar un mois plus tard.
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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