rechercher
\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\
The verdict
“rechercher” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,601 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,601
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chercher avec soin.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rechercher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #5,601 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rechercher” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rechercher is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,601 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for rechercher, with forms such as "erchercher", "rcehercher", and "recchercher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "recherchés", "recherchez", "recherché", 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 rechercher, spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Chercher avec soin.
- 2Enquêter sur les actions ou la vie de quelqu’un ; faire une enquête pour exercer des poursuites criminelles.
- 3Tâcher de se procurer, d’obtenir.
- 4Chercher de nouveau.
- 5Désirer de voir, de connaître, de fréquenter, en parlant des personnes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erchercher,rcehercher,recchercher,recehrcher,rechecrher,recherccher,rechercehr,rechercherr,recherchher,recherchre,recherhcer,recherrcher,rechhercher,rechrecher,rehcercher,rrechercher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rechercher - 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.
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.
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Using “rechercher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “recherchés” - see the side-by-side comparison. rechercher vs recherchés
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.