récif
\ʁe.sif\
The verdict
“récif” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,238
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rocher ou chaîne de rochers à fleur d’eau, dans la mer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recif · récif · French
récif · rank #31,238 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,238
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH réconfortant
Nearest frequency peer: réconfortant (+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 « récif »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- règnes
règnes
68,766 corpus weight
- réalisait
réalisait
68,765 corpus weight
- récif
récif
68,763 corpus weight
- réconfortant
réconfortant
68,762 corpus weight
- réparée
réparée
68,761 corpus weight
- répréhensib…
répréhensible
68,760 corpus weight
What this shows « récif » 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 | récif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.sif\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « récif »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around récif (IPA \ʁe.sif\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,238 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for récif, with forms such as "rcéif", "recif", and "rrécif". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ref", "rei", "rif", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is récif, spelled R-É-C-I-F.
Definition
- 1Rocher ou chaîne de rochers à fleur d’eau, dans la mer.
- 2Massif corallien qui forme des écueils, des barrières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how récif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le second traîne des leurres le long des récifs à la recherche d’un wahoo ou d’une sériole ambrée.
Ces récifs marqués P.D. sur les cartes constituent un grand danger pour les navigateurs, car leur position est indéterminée.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rcéif
- recif
- rrécif
- réccif
- récfi
- réciff
- réicf
- ércif
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of récif - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "récif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).