recipient
\ɹə.ˈsɪp.i.ənt\
The verdict
“recipient” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Destinataire (personne).
Corpus desk
Index FR-recipient · recipient · French
recipient · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recipient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɹə.ˈsɪp.i.ənt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recipient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recipient is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɹə.ˈsɪp.i.ənt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for recipient in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recipient, spelled R-E-C-I-P-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Destinataire (personne).
- 2Récipient (objet).
- 3Récipiendaire (personne ayant reçu).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.