raclure

\ʁɑ.klyʁ\

/\ʁɑ.klyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“raclure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,948
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite partie qu’on a détachée de la surface de quelque corps en le raclant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-raclure · raclure · French

raclure · rank #40,948 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,948
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quittaient

Nearest frequency peer: quittaient (-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 « raclure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « raclure » 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).

raclure vs rayure
71% similar
raclure vs rassuré
57% similar
raclure vs racle
71% similar

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

Key facts for raclure
PropertyValue
Headwordraclure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ.klyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,948
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « raclure »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).raclurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quittaient » (#40,947), « quantiques » (#40,946), « rajoutent » (#40,950). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « raclure » est au #40,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around raclure (IPA \ʁɑ.klyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,948 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for raclure, with forms such as "arclure", "racclure", and "racllure". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rayure", "rassuré", "racle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is raclure, spelled R-A-C-L-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite partie qu’on a détachée de la surface de quelque corps en le raclant.
  2. 2
    Personne répréhensible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il employait maintenant les raclures de routes, les curures de fossés, les cendres et les escarbilles de fourneaux, surtout les déchets de laine, dont il avait acheté le balayage dans une draperie de Châteaudun.
  2. Sur quels oreillers sa tête s’est-elle roulée !… Quelquefois, je vois des raclures de drap danser, effrontées, à la pointe de ses cheveux…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arclure
  • racclure
  • racllure
  • raclrue
  • racluer
  • raclurre
  • raculre
  • ralcure
  • rcalure
  • rraclure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of raclure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arclure2racclure1racllure1raclrue2racluer2raclurre1raculre2ralcure2
Edit distance from "raclure"

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 "raclure"?
"raclure" is spelled R-A-C-L-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ.klyʁ\.
What does "raclure" mean?
As a noun, "raclure" means: Petite partie qu’on a détachée de la surface de quelque corps en le raclant.
What words are commonly confused with "raclure"?
"raclure" is commonly confused with "rayure", "rassuré", "racle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "raclure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "raclure" is \ʁɑ.klyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "raclure" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list