recherché

\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\

/\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\/ adj

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The verdict

“recherché” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,879
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Où il entre du raffinement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recherche · recherché · French

recherché · rank #6,879 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,879
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pékin

Nearest frequency peer: pékin (-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 « recherché »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recherché » 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).

recherché vs rechercher
80% similar
recherché vs recherchés
90% similar
recherché vs recherchée
90% similar

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

Key facts for recherché
PropertyValue
Headwordrecherché
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,879
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recherché »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « pékin » (#6,878), « refait » (#6,880), « regretter » (#6,881). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recherché » est au #6,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around recherché (IPA \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,879 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for recherché, with forms such as "ercherché", "rceherché", and "reccherché". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rechercher", "recherchés", "recherchée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is recherché, spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Où il entre du raffinement.
  2. 2
    Où le travail et l’art se font trop sentir, qui manquent de naturel, où il y a de l’affectation.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’une personne l’on recherche, un fugitif ou un disparu.
  4. 4
    Que l’on recherche, qui est souhaitable.
  5. 5
    Maniéré, élaboré.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On lui fit souffrir des tortures recherchées.
  2. Un supplice recherché.

This word in other languages

wanted(English)procurado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercherché
  • rceherché
  • reccherché
  • recehrché
  • rechecrhé
  • rechercché
  • recherche
  • recherchhé
  • rechercéh
  • recherhcé
  • recherrché
  • rechherché
  • rechreché
  • rehcerché
  • rrecherché

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recherché - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercherché2rceherché2reccherché1recehrché2rechecrhé2rechercché1recherche1recherchhé1
Edit distance from "recherché"

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 "recherché"?
"recherché" is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
What does "recherché" mean?
As an adjective, "recherché" means: Où il entre du raffinement.
What words are commonly confused with "recherché"?
"recherché" is commonly confused with "rechercher", "recherchés", "recherchée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recherché"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recherché" is \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recherché" come from?
"recherché" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

regretter#6,881priorités#6,871traversée#6,904monarchie#6,851

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

semblerait15 variantssélectionné15 variantsvolontiers15 variantsmarchands15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list