réceptrice

\ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\

/\ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\/ adj

The verdict

“réceptrice” is uncommon French (frequency #91,126 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,126
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de récepteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-receptrice · réceptrice · French

réceptrice · rank #91,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,126
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH récusent

Nearest frequency peer: récusent (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « réceptrice »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « réceptrice » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for réceptrice
PropertyValue
Headwordréceptrice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,126
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « réceptrice » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.réceptricetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « récusent » (#91,128), « roza » (#91,123), « réfrigérants » (#91,129). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réceptrice » est au #91,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

réceptrice is uncommon French at frequency #91,126 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de récepteur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for réceptrice in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is réceptrice, spelled R-É-C-E-P-T-R-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de récepteur.

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 "réceptrice"?
"réceptrice" is spelled R-É-C-E-P-T-R-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\.
What does "réceptrice" mean?
As an adjective, "réceptrice" means: Féminin singulier de récepteur.
How do you pronounce "réceptrice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réceptrice" is \ʁe.sɛp.tʁis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réceptrice" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list