reconnaissent

\ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\

/\ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\/ verb

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The verdict

“reconnaissent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,609. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,609
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-reconnaissent · reconnaissent · French

reconnaissent · rank #8,609 · 16 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,609
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recensement

Nearest frequency peer: recensement (-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 « reconnaissent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reconnaissent » 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).

reconnaissent vs reconnaissez
85% similar
reconnaissent vs reconnaissons
85% similar
reconnaissent vs reconnaisse
85% similar

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

Key facts for reconnaissent
PropertyValue
Headwordreconnaissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\
Letters13
Frequency rank#8,609
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reconnaissent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « recensement » (#8,608), « regardait » (#8,610), « ratio » (#8,607). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reconnaissent » est au #8,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around reconnaissent (IPA \ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,609 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for reconnaissent, with forms such as "erconnaissent", "rceonnaissent", and "recconnaissent". 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, "reconnaissez", "reconnaissons", "reconnaisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is reconnaissent, spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les tribus turcomanes qui nomadisent au nord de Khiva reconnaissent depuis longtemps la souveraineté nominale du khan.
  2. La presse londonienne s’interroge sur le devenir de la « britannité », cette identité collective dans laquelle se reconnaissent Anglais, Écossais, Gallois et habitants d’Irlande du Nord.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erconnaissent
  • rceonnaissent
  • recconnaissent
  • recnonaissent
  • reconaissent
  • reconanissent
  • reconnaisent
  • reconnaisesnt
  • reconnaissennt
  • reconnaissentt
  • reconnaissetn
  • reconnaissnet
  • reconnasisent
  • reconniassent
  • reocnnaissent
  • rreconnaissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reconnaissent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erconnaissent2rceonnaissent2recconnaissent1recnonaissent2reconaissent1reconanissent2reconnaisent1reconnaisesnt2
Edit distance from "reconnaissent"

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 "reconnaissent"?
"reconnaissent" is spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-A-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\.
What does "reconnaissent" mean?
As a verb, "reconnaissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "reconnaissent"?
"reconnaissent" is commonly confused with "reconnaissez", "reconnaissons", "reconnaisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reconnaissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reconnaissent" is \ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reconnaissent" come from?
"reconnaissent" 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 "reconnaissent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

organisateurs#8,747publicitaires#8,447conservatoire#8,828diplomatiques#8,836

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

respectent16 variantslogiquement16 variantsinterruption16 variantscorporation16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list