recommander

\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\

/\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\/ verb

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The verdict

“recommander” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,283
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recommander · recommander · French

recommander · rank #11,283 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,283
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH radars

Nearest frequency peer: radars (-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 « recommander »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recommander » 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).

recommander vs recommencer
82% similar
recommander vs recommandés
82% similar
recommander vs recommande
91% similar

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

Key facts for recommander
PropertyValue
Headwordrecommander
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,283
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recommander »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recommanderse 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 « radars » (#11,282), « reconnues » (#11,284), « racing » (#11,281). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recommander » est au #11,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around recommander (IPA \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,283 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for recommander, with forms such as "ercommander", "rceommander", and "reccommander". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "recommencer", "recommandés", "recommande", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is recommander, spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises.
  2. 2
    Conseiller particulièrement quelque chose, exhorter une personne à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Désigner à l’attention, à la bienveillance, à la protection de quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    et par ironie,
  5. 5
    …
  6. 6
    Faire enregistrer à la poste une lettre, un paquet, pour envoi postal afin qu’ils soient remis au destinataire en mains propres, contre signature.
  7. 7
    Rendre recommandable.
  8. 8
    Commander de nouveau.
  9. 9
    Invoquer en sa faveur le nom, le témoignage de quelqu’un ; attester qu’on en est connu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Concile de Mâcon (581) recommande aux chrétiens de racheter les esclaves chrétiens servent chez les juifs, pour le prix de 12 sols.
  2. […] et je vous amènerai peut-être une dame qui s’intéresse aux malades... Mais non, au fait ! celle qui vous héberge gratuitement vous a recommandé de ne recevoir personne... il faut éviter de la mécontenter, tant que vous serez chez elle...

This word in other languages

recommend(English)certificar(Español)empfehlen(Deutsch)recomendar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercommander
  • rceommander
  • reccommander
  • recmomander
  • recomamnder
  • recomander
  • recommadner
  • recommandder
  • recommanderr
  • recommandre
  • recommanedr
  • recommannder
  • recommnader
  • reocmmander
  • rrecommander

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercommander2rceommander2reccommander1recmomander2recomamnder2recomander1recommadner2recommandder1
Edit distance from "recommander"

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 "recommander"?
"recommander" is spelled R-E-C-O-M-M-A-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\.
What does "recommander" mean?
As a verb, "recommander" means: Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises.
What words are commonly confused with "recommander"?
"recommander" is commonly confused with "recommencer", "recommandés", "recommande". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recommander"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recommander" is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recommander" come from?
"recommander" 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 "recommander", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

scandaleux15 variantsSherbrooke15 variantslourdement15 variantsleadership15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list