recharger

\ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\

/\ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“recharger” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,480
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Charger à nouveau de biens ou de marchandises ; augmenter un chargement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recharger · recharger · French

recharger · rank #15,480 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,480
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rangées

Nearest frequency peer: rangées (-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 « recharger »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recharger » 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).

recharger vs recharge
89% similar
recharger vs rechange
78% similar

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

Key facts for recharger
PropertyValue
Headwordrecharger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,480
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recharger »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rechargerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rangées » (#15,479), « ralliement » (#15,478), « reflets » (#15,482). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recharger » est au #15,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around recharger (IPA \ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,480 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for recharger, with forms such as "ercharger", "rceharger", and "recahrger". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "recharge", "rechange", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recharger, spelled R-E-C-H-A-R-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Charger à nouveau de biens ou de marchandises ; augmenter un chargement.
  2. 2
    Remettre des projectiles dans une arme à feu.
  3. 3
    Remettre du combustible dans un foyer.
  4. 4
    Charger à nouveau un appareil fonctionnant sur batterie, avec de l’électricité.
  5. 5
    Remettre à niveau un contenu liquide qui manquait.
  6. 6
    Remettre de la matière à un objet, là où l'usure l'a faite disparaître.
  7. 7
    Donner un ordre encore plus pressant.
  8. 8
    Reprendre son fardeau, sa charge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On a rechargé ces marchandises sur le même bâtiment.
  2. On avait déchargé les mulets, il fallut les recharger.

This word in other languages

charge up(English)nachladen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercharger
  • rceharger
  • recahrger
  • reccharger
  • rechagrer
  • recharegr
  • rechargerr
  • rechargger
  • rechargre
  • recharrger
  • rechharger
  • rechrager
  • rehcarger
  • rrecharger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recharger - 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.

ercharger2rceharger2recahrger2reccharger1rechagrer2recharegr2rechargerr1rechargger1
Edit distance from "recharger"

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 "recharger"?
"recharger" is spelled R-E-C-H-A-R-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\.
What does "recharger" mean?
As a verb, "recharger" means: Charger à nouveau de biens ou de marchandises ; augmenter un chargement.
What words are commonly confused with "recharger"?
"recharger" is commonly confused with "recharge", "rechange". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recharger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recharger" is \ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recharger" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

reflètent#15,483retombées#15,485prévoyant#15,470prescrire#15,463

Similar misspelling depth

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

qualifiées14 variantsreviendrai14 variantsprofesseure14 variantsréagissent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list