réciproquer
\ʁe.si.pʁɔ.ke\
The verdict
“réciproquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accomplir un geste symétrique à celui de son interlocuteur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reciproquer · réciproquer · French
réciproquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | réciproquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.si.pʁɔ.ke\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « réciproquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
réciproquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.si.pʁɔ.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Accomplir un geste symétrique à celui de son interlocuteur.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for réciproquer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is réciproquer, spelled R-É-C-I-P-R-O-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Accomplir un geste symétrique à celui de son interlocuteur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how réciproquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce qui fait que, lorsque dans ses lettres il se mit à évoquer une certaine Odile, jeune fille blanche qu'il disait aimer et qui apparemment le réciproquait, j'en avais conçu une profonde tristesse.
Je m’aperçus qu’il me tutoyait. […] Je décidai de ne pas le lui réciproquer.
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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.