récitante
\ʁe.si.tɑ̃t\
The verdict
“récitante” 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) - Personne qui récite, qui lit un texte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recitante · récitante · French
récitante · 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 | récitante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁe.si.tɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « récitante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
récitante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁe.si.tɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for récitante, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is récitante, spelled R-É-C-I-T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui récite, qui lit un texte.
- 2Personne qui chante un récitatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how récitante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et je m’efforçai d’écouter la récitante qui lisait dans l’ombre […]
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.