réciter

\ʁe.si.te\

/\ʁe.si.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“réciter” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,680
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prononcer à voix haute, et d’une manière soutenue, quelque discours, quelque morceau de prose ou de vers qu’on sait par cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reciter · réciter · French

réciter · rank #23,680 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,680
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH RTS

Nearest frequency peer: RTS (-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 « réciter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « réciter » 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).

réciter vs rester
57% similar
réciter vs récits
71% similar
réciter vs relier
57% similar

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

Key facts for réciter
PropertyValue
Headwordréciter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.si.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,680
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réciter »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « RTS » (#23,679), « réducteur » (#23,681), « rénovée » (#23,682). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réciter » est au #23,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around réciter (IPA \ʁe.si.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,680 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for réciter, with forms such as "rcéiter", "reciter", and "rréciter". 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, "rester", "récits", "relier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is réciter, spelled R-É-C-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prononcer à voix haute, et d’une manière soutenue, quelque discours, quelque morceau de prose ou de vers qu’on sait par cœur.
  2. 2
    Dire de mémoire un texte qu’on avait pour obligation d’apprendre par cœur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abidan n'a-t-il pas dit qu'un jour les nuages s'étant amoncelés au ciel, le peuple crut qu'il faisait nuit, et l'on alla à la synagogue réciter la prière du samedi soir ?
  2. U se diphtongue en ou dans un grand nombre de cas. […]. Aujourd'hui la tendance est si bien enracinée qu’en récitant le Confiteor, nos enfants disent mea keulpa, mea maxima keulpa.

This word in other languages

recite(English)recitar(Español)vortragen(Deutsch)recitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rcéiter
  • reciter
  • rréciter
  • récciter
  • récietr
  • réciterr
  • récitre
  • récitter
  • réctier
  • réicter
  • érciter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réciter - 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.

rcéiter2reciter1rréciter1récciter1récietr2réciterr1récitre2récitter1
Edit distance from "réciter"

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 "réciter"?
"réciter" is spelled R-É-C-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.si.te\.
What does "réciter" mean?
As a verb, "réciter" means: Prononcer à voix haute, et d’une manière soutenue, quelque discours, quelque morceau de prose ou de vers qu’on sait par cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "réciter"?
"réciter" is commonly confused with "rester", "récits", "relier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réciter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réciter" is \ʁe.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réciter" come from?
"réciter" 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 "réciter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rénovée#23,682rocheux#23,676revendu#23,675sachets#23,685

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

présage11 variantsthunder11 variantsplairait11 variantstrompez11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list