rechute

\ʁə.ʃyt\

/\ʁə.ʃyt\/ noun

The verdict

“rechute” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,737
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seconde chute, nouvelle chute.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rechute · rechute · French

rechute · rank #24,737 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,737
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rationalisati…

Nearest frequency peer: rationalisation (-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 « rechute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rechute » 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).

rechute vs reçue
57% similar
rechute vs recrue
71% similar
rechute vs reculé
57% similar

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

Key facts for rechute
PropertyValue
Headwordrechute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ʃyt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,737
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rechute »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rechutese 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 « rationalisation » (#24,736), « reconnaissante » (#24,738), « ramenés » (#24,735). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rechute » est au #24,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rechute (IPA \ʁə.ʃyt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,737 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rechute, with forms such as "erchute", "rcehute", and "recchute". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "reçue", "recrue", "reculé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 rechute, spelled R-E-C-H-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Seconde chute, nouvelle chute.
  2. 2
    Retour d’une maladie dont la guérison était récente et incomplète.
  3. 3
    Retour au péché ou, en général, à la même faute.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En général, la rechute est un processus progressif avec des phases distinctes - émotionnelle, mentale et physique.
  2. Une dangereuse rechute.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erchute
  • rcehute
  • recchute
  • rechhute
  • rechtue
  • rechuet
  • rechutte
  • recuhte
  • rehcute
  • rrechute

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erchute2rcehute2recchute1rechhute1rechtue2rechuet2rechutte1recuhte2
Edit distance from "rechute"

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 "rechute"?
"rechute" is spelled R-E-C-H-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ʃyt\.
What does "rechute" mean?
As a noun, "rechute" means: Seconde chute, nouvelle chute.
What words are commonly confused with "rechute"?
"rechute" is commonly confused with "reçue", "recrue", "reculé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rechute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rechute" is \ʁə.ʃyt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rechute" come from?
"rechute" 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 "rechute", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list