idée reçue

\i.de ʁə.sy\

/\i.de ʁə.sy\/ noun

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The verdict

“idée reçue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce qui se pense habituellement de quelque chose, idée toute faite.

Key facts for idée reçue
PropertyValue
Headwordidée reçue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.de ʁə.sy\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “idée reçue” sits in French frequency

idée reçue falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

idée reçue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.de ʁə.sy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ce qui se pense habituellement de quelque chose, idée toute faite.".

idée reçue doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is idée reçue, spelled I-D-É-E- -R-E-Ç-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui se pense habituellement de quelque chose, idée toute faite.

Synonyms

biaisclichéidée préconçueidée toute faiteimage d’Épinallieu communpréjugéstéréotype

This word in other languages

conventional wisdom(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "idée reçue"?
"idée reçue" is spelled I-D-É-E- -R-E-Ç-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.de ʁə.sy\.
What does "idée reçue" mean?
As a noun, "idée reçue" means: Ce qui se pense habituellement de quelque chose, idée toute faite.
How do you pronounce "idée reçue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idée reçue" is \i.de ʁə.sy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idée reçue" come from?
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Using “idée reçue”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-D-É-E- -R-E-Ç-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \i.de ʁə.sy\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list