recherchés

\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\

/\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\/ adj

The verdict

“recherchés” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,547
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-recherches · recherchés · French

recherchés · rank #14,547 · 17 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,547
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rebecca

Nearest frequency peer: Rebecca (-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 « recherchés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recherchés » 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).

recherchés vs recherchez
80% similar
recherchés vs recherchons
82% similar
recherchés vs recherché
90% similar

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

Key facts for recherchés
PropertyValue
Headwordrecherchés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,547
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recherchés »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).recherchésse 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 « Rebecca » (#14,546), « remake » (#14,548), « rançon » (#14,545). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recherchés » est au #14,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around recherchés (IPA \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,547 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de recherché.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for recherchés, with forms such as "ercherchés", "rceherchés", and "reccherchés". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "recherchez", "recherchons", "recherché", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is recherchés, spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de recherché.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercherchés
  • rceherchés
  • reccherchés
  • recehrchés
  • rechecrhés
  • rechercchés
  • recherches
  • recherchhés
  • recherchsé
  • recherchéss
  • rechercéhs
  • recherhcés
  • recherrchés
  • rechherchés
  • rechrechés
  • rehcerchés
  • rrecherchés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recherchés - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ercherchés2rceherchés2reccherchés1recehrchés2rechecrhés2rechercchés1recherches1recherchhés1
Edit distance from "recherchés"

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 "recherchés"?
"recherchés" is spelled R-E-C-H-E-R-C-H-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
What does "recherchés" mean?
As an adjective, "recherchés" means: Masculin pluriel de recherché.
What words are commonly confused with "recherchés"?
"recherchés" is commonly confused with "recherchez", "recherchons", "recherché". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recherchés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recherchés" 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 "recherchés" come from?
"recherchés" 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 "recherchés", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list