recoller les morceaux

\ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\

/\ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\/ verb

The verdict

“recoller les morceaux” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rétablir une relation rompue, se réconcilier.

Key facts for recoller les morceaux
PropertyValue
Headwordrecoller les morceaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “recoller les morceaux” sits in French frequency

recoller les morceaux falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for recoller les morceaux is 21 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Rétablir une relation rompue, se réconcilier.".

recoller les morceaux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 recoller les morceaux, spelled R-E-C-O-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-R-C-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rétablir une relation rompue, se réconcilier.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recoller les morceaux"?
"recoller les morceaux" is spelled R-E-C-O-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-R-C-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\.
What does "recoller les morceaux" mean?
As a verb, "recoller les morceaux" means: Rétablir une relation rompue, se réconcilier.
How do you pronounce "recoller les morceaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recoller les morceaux" is \ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recoller les morceaux" come from?
"recoller les morceaux" 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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Using “recoller les morceaux”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-C-O-L-L-E-R- -L-E-S- -M-O-R-C-E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁə.kɔ.le lɛ mɔʁ.so\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list