recensement

\ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“recensement” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,608
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dénombrement ou inventaire de personnes, d’effets, de suffrages, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recensement · recensement · French

recensement · rank #8,608 · 17 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,608
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ratio

Nearest frequency peer: ratio (-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 « recensement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recensement » 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).

recensement vs recensements
92% similar

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

Key facts for recensement
PropertyValue
Headwordrecensement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#8,608
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recensement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recensementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ratio » (#8,607), « reconnaissent » (#8,609), « qualifications » (#8,606). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recensement » est au #8,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around recensement (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,608 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for recensement, with forms such as "ercensement", "rceensement", and "reccensement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "recensements", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recensement, spelled R-E-C-E-N-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dénombrement ou inventaire de personnes, d’effets, de suffrages, etc.
  2. 2
    Nouvelle vérification de marchandises, de leur qualité, de leur quantité, de leur poids.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 5 mars 1911, eut lieu le recensement qui donna à Bourg-la-Reine le chiffre de 5 072 habitants.
  2. Dans le canton de Mezel, la commune moribonde de Creisset avait encore, en 1906, 80 habitants. Au recensement de 1928, son nom même a disparu; il ne reste d'elle que quelques tronçons de murailles.

This word in other languages

census(English)censo(Español)Inventur(Deutsch)inventário(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercensement
  • rceensement
  • reccensement
  • recenesment
  • recennsement
  • recenseemnt
  • recensemennt
  • recensementt
  • recensemetn
  • recensemment
  • recensemnet
  • recensmeent
  • recenssement
  • recesnement
  • recnesement
  • reecnsement
  • rrecensement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recensement - 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.

ercensement2rceensement2reccensement1recenesment2recennsement1recenseemnt2recensemennt1recensementt1
Edit distance from "recensement"

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 "recensement"?
"recensement" is spelled R-E-C-E-N-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\.
What does "recensement" mean?
As a noun, "recensement" means: Dénombrement ou inventaire de personnes, d’effets, de suffrages, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "recensement"?
"recensement" is commonly confused with "recensements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recensement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recensement" is \ʁə.sɑ̃s.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recensement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

obligatoires17 variantsdéploiement17 variantscontribuent17 variantsdésagréable17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list