récalcitrante
\ʁe.kal.si.tʁɑ̃t\
The verdict
“récalcitrante” is uncommon French (frequency #86,139 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,139
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de récalcitrant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recalcitrante · récalcitrante · French
récalcitrante · rank #86,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,139
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réagissaient
Nearest frequency peer: réagissaient (-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 « récalcitrante »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- réactualisa…
réactualisation
13,864 corpus weight
- réagissaient
réagissaient
13,863 corpus weight
- récalcitran…
récalcitrante
13,862 corpus weight
- réchauffés
réchauffés
13,861 corpus weight
- récidivent
récidivent
13,860 corpus weight
- récitée
récitée
13,859 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « récalcitrante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | récalcitrante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.kal.si.tʁɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #86,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « récalcitrante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
récalcitrante is uncommon French at frequency #86,139 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.kal.si.tʁɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de récalcitrant.".
récalcitrante has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is récalcitrante, spelled R-É-C-A-L-C-I-T-R-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de récalcitrant.
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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