recens
The verdict
“recens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nouveau, qui n'existe pas depuis longtemps, tout proche de son origine, jeune, frais, récent, moderne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recens · recens · French
recens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
recens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for recens, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recens, spelled R-E-C-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Nouveau, qui n'existe pas depuis longtemps, tout proche de son origine, jeune, frais, récent, moderne.
- 2Frais, qui n'est pas fatigué, dispos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
recentissimae tuae litterae.
Phoenissa recens a volnere Dido errabat silva in magna
Synonyms
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.