recadrage

\ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\

/\ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“recadrage” is uncommon French (frequency #55,548 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,548
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de recadrer, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recadrage · recadrage · French

recadrage · rank #55,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,548
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rattrapera

Nearest frequency peer: rattrapera (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « recadrage »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recadrage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recadrage
PropertyValue
Headwordrecadrage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,548
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « recadrage » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).recadragetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « rattrapera » (#55,547), « rasent » (#55,546), « rappelaient » (#55,545). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recadrage » est au #55,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recadrage is uncommon French at frequency #55,548 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for recadrage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is recadrage, spelled R-E-C-A-D-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de recadrer, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de recadrer, résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Action de recadrer, résultat de cette action.
  4. 4
    Cadrage d’une photo ou d’une prise de vue après l’avoir prise, soit au développement ou, par découpage, sur la version papier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’ai voulu faire un recadrage en carré pour renforcer le diagonale formé par les trois groupes.
  2. Le chef de l’État assume, en revanche, le recadrage de l’adolescent qui l’avait appelé « Manu » le 18 juin au Mont-Valérien.

This word in other languages

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 "recadrage"?
"recadrage" is spelled R-E-C-A-D-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\.
What does "recadrage" mean?
As a noun, "recadrage" means: Action de recadrer, résultat de cette action.
How do you pronounce "recadrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recadrage" is \ʁə.kɑ.dʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list