runner

\ʁə.nœʁ\

/\ʁə.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“runner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,015
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coureur à pied qui pratique le running (axé sur la recherche de la performance).

Corpus desk

Index FR-runner · runner · French

runner · rank #24,015 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,015
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ruinée

Nearest frequency peer: ruinée (-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 « runner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « runner » 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).

runner vs ruer
67% similar
runner vs Rune
50% similar
runner vs ruiné
50% similar

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

Key facts for runner
PropertyValue
Headwordrunner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.nœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,015
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « runner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).runnerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ruinée » (#24,014), « référant » (#24,016), « retournera » (#24,013). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « runner » est au #24,015. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around runner (IPA \ʁə.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,015 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for runner, with forms such as "rnuner", "rrunner", and "runenr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ruer", "Rune", "ruiné", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is runner, spelled R-U-N-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coureur à pied qui pratique le running (axé sur la recherche de la performance).
  2. 2
    Pratiquant d'une course de vitesse illicite dépassant les limites de vitesse autorisées.
  3. 3
    Speedrunner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Manger (comme un runner) heureux !
  2. Le premier dimanche du mois d’octobre est LE jour le plus actif pour la communauté de runners Strava en France.

Synonyms

running addict

This word in other languages

runner(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rnuner
  • rrunner
  • runenr
  • runer
  • runnerr
  • runnre
  • urnner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of runner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rnuner2rrunner1runenr2runer1runnerr1runnre2urnner2
Edit distance from "runner"

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 "runner"?
"runner" is spelled R-U-N-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nœʁ\.
What does "runner" mean?
As a noun, "runner" means: Coureur à pied qui pratique le running (axé sur la recherche de la performance).
What words are commonly confused with "runner"?
"runner" is commonly confused with "ruer", "Rune", "ruiné". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "runner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "runner" is \ʁə.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "runner" come from?
"runner" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ruinée#24,014périls#24,002silvio#24,033smiley#24,036

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

rayer7 variantspunit7 variantsSoral7 variantsPoissy7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list