récents
\ʁe.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“récents” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,917. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,917
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de récent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recents · récents · French
récents · rank #5,917 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,917
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH renaissance
Nearest frequency peer: renaissance (-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 « récents »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rap
rap
94,088 corpus weight
- refusent
refusent
94,086 corpus weight
- renaissance
renaissance
94,085 corpus weight
- récents
récents
94,084 corpus weight
- réels
réels
94,083 corpus weight
- régimes
régimes
94,081 corpus weight
What this shows « récents » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | récents |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « récents »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around récents (IPA \ʁe.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,917 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de récent.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for récents, with forms such as "rcéents", "recents", and "rrécents". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "récits", "remets", "rêvent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is récents, spelled R-É-C-E-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de récent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how récents appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le passeur de l’équipe de France de volley Antoine Brizard revient sur ses récents succès, alors que son équipe affronte le Japon en 8ᵉ de finale du Mondial ce lundi
Chasser le bitcoin à la maison, c’est un temps que les mineurs récents ne peuvent pas connaître.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcéents
- recents
- rrécents
- réccents
- récennts
- récenst
- récentss
- récentts
- récetns
- récnets
- réecnts
- ércents
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of récents - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "récents", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).