recadre
\ʁə.kadʁ\
The verdict
“recadre” is uncommon French (frequency #77,851 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,851
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recadrer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recadre · recadre · French
recadre · rank #77,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,851
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rebondis
Nearest frequency peer: rebondis (-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 « recadre »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reale
reale
22,152 corpus weight
- rebondis
rebondis
22,151 corpus weight
- recadre
recadre
22,150 corpus weight
- recevrais
recevrais
22,149 corpus weight
- recueillera
recueillera
22,148 corpus weight
- reculez
reculez
22,147 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recadre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recadre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.kadʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recadre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recadre is uncommon French at frequency #77,851 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.kadʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for recadre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recadre, spelled R-E-C-A-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recadrer.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recadrer.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de recadrer.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de recadrer.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de recadrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how recadre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quand elle recadre le président de la fédération de gymnastique [James Blateau] en lui disant qu’il a un pouvoir de sanction, même elle est surprise qu’il ne le sache pas.
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.
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