récits

\ʁe.si\

/\ʁe.si\/ noun

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The verdict

“récits” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,343
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-recits · récits · French

récits · rank #6,343 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,343
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réflexions

Nearest frequency peer: réflexions (+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 « récits »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « récits » 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).

récits vs Reis
33% similar
récits vs remis
50% similar
récits vs Reims
33% similar

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

Key facts for récits
PropertyValue
Headwordrécits
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁe.si\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,343
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « récits »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).récitsse 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 « réflexions » (#6,344), « resto » (#6,341), « saisie » (#6,345). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « récits » est au #6,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around récits (IPA \ʁe.si\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,343 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de récit.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for récits, with forms such as "rcéits", "recits", and "rrécits". 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", "Reims", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is récits, spelled R-É-C-I-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de récit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les sujets qui n’ont pas été scolarisés ont tendance à imaginer des histoires ou des récits et, dans ce sens, même les illettrés montrent qu’ils possèdent ce que Turner (1996) a appelé un « esprit littéraire ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rcéits
  • recits
  • rrécits
  • réccits
  • récist
  • récitss
  • récitts
  • réctis
  • réicts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of récits - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rcéits2recits1rrécits1réccits1récist2récitss1récitts1réctis2
Edit distance from "récits"

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

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

Same letter count

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

saisie#6,345voyais#6,354phases#6,330annexe#6,363

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

pourriez9 variantsaffecté9 variantsmondes9 variantsassociée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list