de reculons
\də ʁə.ky.lɔ̃\
The verdict
“de reculons” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de à reculons.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-reculons · de reculons · French
de reculons · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de reculons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də ʁə.ky.lɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de reculons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de reculons is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də ʁə.ky.lɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de à reculons.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for de reculons, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de reculons, spelled D-E- -R-E-C-U-L-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de à reculons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de reculons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois, il s’arrêtait pour scruter l’horizon et alors, attentifs à ses moindres gestes, les chiots s’arrêtaient à ses pieds, les plus forts écartant sans retenue les plus faibles. Puis, quand il repartait, la petite bande se remettait à ses trousses, en se chamaillant de plus belle, les plus hardis qui couraient de reculons devant lui.
Le moteur étant froid, ça prenait plusieurs tours de « crainque » et c’était dangereux de se briser le pouce quand l’auto décidait de partir de reculons.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.