reconnaissable

\ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\

/\ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\/ adj

The verdict

“reconnaissable” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,646. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,646
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est facile à reconnaître.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reconnaissable · reconnaissable · French

reconnaissable · rank #19,646 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,646
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ration

Nearest frequency peer: ration (-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 « reconnaissable »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reconnaissable » 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).

reconnaissable vs reconnaissance
86% similar
reconnaissable vs reconnaissante
86% similar
reconnaissable vs reconnaissables
93% similar

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

Key facts for reconnaissable
PropertyValue
Headwordreconnaissable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\
Letters14
Frequency rank#19,646
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reconnaissable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.reconnaissablese 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 « ration » (#19,645), « reconquête » (#19,647), « rappeurs » (#19,644). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reconnaissable » est au #19,646. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around reconnaissable (IPA \ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,646 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est facile à reconnaître.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for reconnaissable, with forms such as "erconnaissable", "rceonnaissable", and "recconnaissable". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "reconnaissance", "reconnaissante", "reconnaissables", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is reconnaissable, spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est facile à reconnaître.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’âne de Somalie serait à l’origine de toutes les formes domestiques ; il est reconnaissable grâce aux rayures transversales sur ses pattes.
  2. Des mendiants, parmi lesquels on remarque un assez grand nombre de lépreux, reconnaissables à leurs visages voilés et ombragés d’immenses chapeaux en feuilles de palmier nain, bordent la route, et le Sultan leur fait faire l’aumône.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erconnaissable
  • rceonnaissable
  • recconnaissable
  • recnonaissable
  • reconaissable
  • reconanissable
  • reconnaisable
  • reconnaisasble
  • reconnaissabble
  • reconnaissabel
  • reconnaissablle
  • reconnaissalbe
  • reconnaissbale
  • reconnasisable
  • reconniassable
  • reocnnaissable
  • rreconnaissable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reconnaissable - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erconnaissable2rceonnaissable2recconnaissable1recnonaissable2reconaissable1reconanissable2reconnaisable1reconnaisasble2
Edit distance from "reconnaissable"

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 "reconnaissable"?
"reconnaissable" is spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\.
What does "reconnaissable" mean?
As an adjective, "reconnaissable" means: Qui est facile à reconnaître.
What words are commonly confused with "reconnaissable"?
"reconnaissable" is commonly confused with "reconnaissance", "reconnaissante", "reconnaissables". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reconnaissable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reconnaissable" is \ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reconnaissable" come from?
"reconnaissable" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list