ristournes

\ʁis.tuʁn\

/\ʁis.tuʁn\/ noun

The verdict

“ristournes” is uncommon French (frequency #52,961 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,961
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-ristournes · ristournes · French

ristournes · rank #52,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,961
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH risquerais

Nearest frequency peer: risquerais (-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 « ristournes »

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 « ristournes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ristournes
PropertyValue
Headwordristournes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁis.tuʁn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ristournes » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « risquerais » (#52,960), « Robbe » (#52,962), « reviendrez » (#52,959). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ristournes » est au #52,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ristournes is uncommon French at frequency #52,961 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁis.tuʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de ristourne.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ristournes, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ristournes, spelled R-I-S-T-O-U-R-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ristourne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi, d’après une enquête publiée en janvier pas 60 millions de consommateurs, en scrutant les promotions mises en avant sur 63 produits, il a été observé plusieurs anomalies sur les ristournes promises par les enseignes étudiées (Lidl, Auchan, Carrefour, E.Leclerc, Intermarché et U Express.

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 "ristournes"?
"ristournes" is spelled R-I-S-T-O-U-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁis.tuʁn\.
What does "ristournes" mean?
As a noun, "ristournes" means: Pluriel de ristourne.
How do you pronounce "ristournes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ristournes" is \ʁis.tuʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list