récifs

\ʁe.sif\

/\ʁe.sif\/ noun

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The verdict

“récifs” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,951. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,951
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de récif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recifs · récifs · French

récifs · rank #27,951 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,951
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ruissellement

Nearest frequency peer: ruissellement (-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 « récifs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « récifs » 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).

récifs vs Reis
33% similar
récifs vs remis
50% similar
récifs vs récit
67% similar

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

Key facts for récifs
PropertyValue
Headwordrécifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.sif\
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,951
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « récifs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.récifsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ruissellement » (#27,950), « récup » (#27,952), « récupérées » (#27,953). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « récifs » est au #27,951. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around récifs (IPA \ʁe.sif\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,951 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de récif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for récifs, with forms such as "rcéifs", "recifs", and "rrécifs". 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, "Reis", "remis", "récit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is récifs, spelled R-É-C-I-F-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de récif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La cartographie du sonar montre que le piège mortel du triangle des Bermudes est entouré de récifs très acérés, formés par l’accumulation d’algues et de coquilles de millions de minuscules mollusques et d’épaisses couches de calcaires.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rcéifs
  • recifs
  • rrécifs
  • réccifs
  • récfis
  • réciffs
  • récifss
  • récisf
  • réicfs
  • ércifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rcéifs2recifs1rrécifs1réccifs1récfis2réciffs1récifss1récisf2
Edit distance from "récifs"

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 "récifs"?
"récifs" is spelled R-É-C-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.sif\.
What does "récifs" mean?
As a noun, "récifs" means: Pluriel de récif.
What words are commonly confused with "récifs"?
"récifs" is commonly confused with "Reis", "remis", "récit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "récifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "récifs" is \ʁe.sif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "récifs" come from?
"récifs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "récifs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rétine#27,956rallie#27,929tanner#27,984triché#27,999

Similar misspelling depth

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

rigolez10 variantssaillant10 variantssecousses10 variantspointure10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list