rechute
\ʁə.ʃyt\
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
- rabattre
rabattre
75,267 corpus weight
- ramenés
ramenés
75,266 corpus weight
- rationalisa…
rationalisation
75,265 corpus weight
- rechute
rechute
75,264 corpus weight
- reconnaissa…
reconnaissante
75,263 corpus weight
- regrettent
regrettent
75,262 corpus weight
What this shows « rechute » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | rechute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.ʃyt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rechute »
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
- 1Seconde chute, nouvelle chute.
- 2Retour d’une maladie dont la guérison était récente et incomplète.
- 3Retour au péché ou, en général, à la même faute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rechute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En général, la rechute est un processus progressif avec des phases distinctes - émotionnelle, mentale et physique.
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.
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"?
What does "rechute" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "rechute"?
How do you pronounce "rechute"?
What language does "rechute" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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).