receptacle
\ɹɪ.ˈsɛp.tə.kəl\
The verdict
“receptacle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réceptacle, citerne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-receptacle · receptacle · French
receptacle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | receptacle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɹɪ.ˈsɛp.tə.kəl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
receptacle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹɪ.ˈsɛp.tə.kəl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réceptacle, citerne.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for receptacle, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is receptacle, spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-A-C-L-E.
Definition
- 1Réceptacle, citerne.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.