recentrer

\ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\

/\ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“recentrer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,509
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire revenir vers le centre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recentrer · recentrer · French

recentrer · rank #29,509 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,509
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rayonne

Nearest frequency peer: rayonne (-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 « recentrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recentrer » 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).

recentrer vs rentrer
78% similar
recentrer vs retenter
78% similar
recentrer vs régénérer
56% similar

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

Key facts for recentrer
PropertyValue
Headwordrecentrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,509
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recentrer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recentrerse 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 « rayonne » (#29,508), « recherchait » (#29,510), « raviver » (#29,507). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recentrer » est au #29,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around recentrer (IPA \ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,509 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Faire revenir vers le centre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for recentrer, with forms such as "ercentrer", "rceentrer", and "reccentrer". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "rentrer", "retenter", "régénérer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is recentrer, spelled R-E-C-E-N-T-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire revenir vers le centre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Confronté à des difficultés économiques, le moteur de recherche réduit ses ambitions et se recentre.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercentrer
  • rceentrer
  • reccentrer
  • recenntrer
  • recenrter
  • recenterr
  • recentrerr
  • recentrre
  • recentrrer
  • recenttrer
  • recetnrer
  • recnetrer
  • reecntrer
  • rrecentrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recentrer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ercentrer2rceentrer2reccentrer1recenntrer1recenrter2recenterr2recentrerr1recentrre2
Edit distance from "recentrer"

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 "recentrer"?
"recentrer" is spelled R-E-C-E-N-T-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\.
What does "recentrer" mean?
As a verb, "recentrer" means: Faire revenir vers le centre.
What words are commonly confused with "recentrer"?
"recentrer" is commonly confused with "rentrer", "retenter", "régénérer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recentrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recentrer" is \ʁə.sɑ̃.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recentrer" come from?
"recentrer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list