réclamer

\ʁe.klɑ.me\

/\ʁe.klɑ.me\/ verb

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The verdict

“réclamer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,653
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Implorer ; demander avec insistance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reclamer · réclamer · French

réclamer · rank #6,653 · 13 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,653
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH revers

Nearest frequency peer: revers (-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 « réclamer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « réclamer » 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).

réclamer vs relayer
63% similar
réclamer vs relaxer
63% similar
réclamer vs relater
63% similar

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

Key facts for réclamer
PropertyValue
Headwordréclamer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.klɑ.me\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,653
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réclamer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).réclamerse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « revers » (#6,652), « réservée » (#6,654), « retours » (#6,651). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réclamer » est au #6,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around réclamer (IPA \ʁe.klɑ.me\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,653 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for réclamer, with forms such as "rcélamer", "reclamer", and "rréclamer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "relayer", "relaxer", "relater", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is réclamer, spelled R-É-C-L-A-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Implorer ; demander avec insistance.
  2. 2
    Demander.
  3. 3
    Revendiquer ; demander une chose à laquelle on estime avoir des droits.
  4. 4
    S’imposer comme une nécessité, une obligation.
  5. 5
    Intervenir en faveur de quelqu’un pour le faire remettre en liberté.
  6. 6
    Appeler un oiseau pour le faire revenir sur le poing ou au leurre.
  7. 7
    Pousser son cri de réclame, en parlant du faucon.
  8. 8
    Contredire, s’opposer par la parole.
  9. 9
    Protester, revenir en justice contre quelque acte.
  10. 10
    Invoquer le témoignage ou la caution de quelqu’un.
  11. 11
    Se prévaloir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] de nombreuses unités blindées d’avant-garde étaient stoppées sur les routes, faute de combustible […] Les appels radio des tankistes réclamant de l’essence se faisaient entendre sans cesse.
  2. La lettre était partie et, pour peu que la dame se hâtât d'aller la réclamer à la poste, elle pourrait, dès le lendemain, se trouver au rendez-vous quotidien qu'il lui assignait.

This word in other languages

demand(English)reclamar(Español)benötigen(Deutsch)necessitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rcélamer
  • reclamer
  • rréclamer
  • récalmer
  • récclamer
  • réclaemr
  • réclamerr
  • réclammer
  • réclamre
  • récllamer
  • réclmaer
  • rélcamer
  • érclamer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

rcélamer2reclamer1rréclamer1récalmer2récclamer1réclaemr2réclamerr1réclammer1
Edit distance from "réclamer"

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 "réclamer"?
"réclamer" is spelled R-É-C-L-A-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.klɑ.me\.
What does "réclamer" mean?
As a verb, "réclamer" means: Implorer ; demander avec insistance.
What words are commonly confused with "réclamer"?
"réclamer" is commonly confused with "relayer", "relaxer", "relater". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réclamer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réclamer" is \ʁe.klɑ.me\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réclamer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

réservée#6,654soutenue#6,661planches#6,641touchant#6,667

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list