recte
adverb
recte is spelled R-E-C-T-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, recte means “Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in recte?
| Letters | 5: R-E-C-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is recte?
Recte appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with recte?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as recte.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: erect, terce.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does recte mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to correct an error in the source (compare sic, which notes an error without correcting it)
The Seignory of Castleton, containing 200 (sic, query recte 12,000) acres
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does recte come from?
From Latin recte (“rightly, correctly”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).