recognition
\ˌɹɛk.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən\
The verdict
“recognition” is uncommon French (frequency #84,228 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,228
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reconnaissance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recognition · recognition · French
recognition · rank #84,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,228
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recap
Nearest frequency peer: recap (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « recognition »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rattrapa
rattrapa
15,775 corpus weight
- recap
recap
15,774 corpus weight
- recognition
recognition
15,773 corpus weight
- reculade
reculade
15,771 corpus weight
- redessinée
redessinée
15,770 corpus weight
- redevenait
redevenait
15,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recognition » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recognition |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɹɛk.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recognition » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recognition is uncommon French at frequency #84,228 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹɛk.əɡˈnɪʃ.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reconnaissance.".
recognition has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is recognition, spelled R-E-C-O-G-N-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Reconnaissance.
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).