recent

\ˈɹiː.sənt\

/\ˈɹiː.sənt\/ adj

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The verdict

“recent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,953
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recent · recent · French

recent · rank #40,953 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,953
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recommencera

Nearest frequency peer: recommencera (+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 « recent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recent » 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).

recent vs rent
67% similar
recent vs récit
50% similar
recent vs remet
67% similar

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

Key facts for recent
PropertyValue
Headwordrecent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈɹiː.sənt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#40,953
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « recommencera » (#40,954), « ramassent » (#40,951), « rectangles » (#40,955). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recent » est au #40,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around recent (IPA \ˈɹiː.sənt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,953 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for recent, with forms such as "ercent", "rceent", and "reccent". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rent", "récit", "remet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 recent, spelled R-E-C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récent.
  2. 2
    Frais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In recent years, while IceT has steered his career away from recorded music, he has continued to tout his streetcred.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercent
  • rceent
  • reccent
  • recennt
  • recentt
  • recetn
  • recnet
  • reecnt
  • rrecent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercent2rceent2reccent1recennt1recentt1recetn2recnet2reecnt2
Edit distance from "recent"

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 "recent"?
"recent" is spelled R-E-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɹiː.sənt\.
What does "recent" mean?
As an adjective, "recent" means: Récent.
What words are commonly confused with "recent"?
"recent" is commonly confused with "rent", "récit", "remet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recent" is \ˈɹiː.sənt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recent" come from?
"recent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pillés#40,925papale#40,905serrez#41,004Steeve#41,018

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

reliait9 variantspoulies9 variantspollués9 variantspioneer9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list