recherchée

\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\

/\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\/ adj

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The verdict

“recherchée” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,224. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,224
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-recherchee · recherchée · French

recherchée · rank #16,224 · 16 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,224
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rassurez

Nearest frequency peer: rassurez (-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 « recherchée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recherchée » 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).

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

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

Key facts for recherchée
PropertyValue
Headwordrecherchée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,224
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recherchée »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).recherchéese 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 « rassurez » (#16,223), « recueils » (#16,225), « raie » (#16,222). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recherchée » est au #16,224. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around recherchée (IPA \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,224 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de recherché.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for recherchée, with forms such as "ercherchée", "rceherchée", and "reccherchée". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rechercher", "recherchés", "recherchez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recherchée, spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de recherché.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercherchée
  • rceherchée
  • reccherchée
  • recehrchée
  • rechecrhée
  • rechercchée
  • recherchee
  • rechercheé
  • recherchhée
  • rechercéhe
  • recherhcée
  • recherrchée
  • rechherchée
  • rechrechée
  • rehcerchée
  • rrecherchée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercherchée2rceherchée2reccherchée1recehrchée2rechecrhée2rechercchée1recherchee1rechercheé2
Edit distance from "recherchée"

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 "recherchée"?
"recherchée" is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
What does "recherchée" mean?
As an adjective, "recherchée" means: Féminin singulier de recherché.
What words are commonly confused with "recherchée"?
"recherchée" is commonly confused with "rechercher", "recherchés", "recherchez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recherchée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recherchée" 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 "recherchée" come from?
"recherchée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

restreinte#16,228partielles#16,199originelle#16,198travaillez#16,253

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

physiologie16 variantsmisérables16 variantsvertébrale16 variantsmaintiennent16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list