récentes
\ʁe.sɑ̃t\
The verdict
“récentes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,395
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de récent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recentes · récentes · French
récentes · rank #5,395 · 13 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,395
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH représentatio…
Nearest frequency peer: représentations (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “récentes”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- refuge
refuge
94,609 corpus weight
- reposer
reposer
94,608 corpus weight
- représentat…
représentations
94,607 corpus weight
- récentes
récentes
94,606 corpus weight
- répondent
répondent
94,605 corpus weight
- révision
révision
94,604 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “récentes” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | récentes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.sɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “récentes” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around récentes (IPA \ʁe.sɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,395 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de récent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for récentes, with forms such as "rcéentes", "recentes", and "rrécentes". 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, "rentes", "recette", "récents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is récentes, spelled R-É-C-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de récent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how récentes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Écologique, Avatar? Bien au contraire, les plus récentes technologies du cinéma, et Avatar en est le porte-étendard, concourent à produire une irrésistible "technologie de l’imaginaire", qui, dans ce cas précis, comble du scandale, table sur l’écologisme pour mieux attirer les spectateurs-cyborgs et leur argent-sève, tant et si bien que le monde humain de…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcéentes
- recentes
- rrécentes
- réccentes
- récenets
- récenntes
- récentess
- récentse
- récenttes
- récetnes
- récnetes
- réecntes
- ércentes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of récentes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "récentes", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "récentes". Here's where to go from here.
- "récentes" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rentes". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #5,395 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.