ristourne

\ʁis.tuʁn\

/\ʁis.tuʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“ristourne” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,971
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Annulation d’un contrat d’assurance au profit de l’assureur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ristourne · ristourne · French

ristourne · rank #40,971 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #40,971
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH riva

Nearest frequency peer: riva (+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 « ristourne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ristourne » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ristourne vs retourne
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ristourne
PropertyValue
Headwordristourne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁis.tuʁn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#40,971
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ristourne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ristournese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « riva » (#40,972), « rocca » (#40,973), « ridiculement » (#40,968). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ristourne » est au #40,971. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ristourne (IPA \ʁis.tuʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,971 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ristourne, with forms such as "irstourne", "risoturne", and "risstourne". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "retourne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ristourne, spelled R-I-S-T-O-U-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Annulation d’un contrat d’assurance au profit de l’assureur.
  2. 2
    Diminution qui doit se faire sur la somme pour laquelle a été assuré un navire lorsque cette somme se trouve excéder la valeur du chargement.
  3. 3
    Remise que le vendeur consent à l’intermédiaire.
  4. 4
    Réduction du prix accordée dans le cadre d’une transaction commerciale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La coopération de consommation est la seule que nous envisagions ici […] Représentons-nous donc une société de consommateurs qui se sont entendus pour acheter en gros les denrées qui leur sont nécessaires […] La société […] répartit les denrées achetées entre les consommateurs sociétaires […] à un prix voisin du prix du marché libre. Périodiquement, elle…
  2. Les fermiers étaient ses amis aussi, et les gardes à qui il réservait une ristourne, et même les braconniers qui lui racontaient leurs plus beaux coups.

Synonyms

réductionremise

This word in other languages

rebate(English)extorno(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irstourne
  • risoturne
  • risstourne
  • ristorune
  • ristounre
  • ristouren
  • ristournne
  • ristourrne
  • risttourne
  • ristuorne
  • ritsourne
  • rristourne
  • rsitourne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irstourne2risoturne2risstourne1ristorune2ristounre2ristouren2ristournne1ristourrne1
Edit distance from "ristourne"

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 "ristourne"?
"ristourne" is spelled R-I-S-T-O-U-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.tuʁn\.
What does "ristourne" mean?
As a noun, "ristourne" means: Annulation d’un contrat d’assurance au profit de l’assureur.
What words are commonly confused with "ristourne"?
"ristourne" is commonly confused with "retourne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ristourne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ristourne" is \ʁis.tuʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ristourne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Reykjavik#40,966royalties#40,977renversés#40,962réfugient#40,981

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

ressenties13 variantsrefroidis13 variantsréévaluer13 variantsrajoutent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list