reconnu

\ʁə.kɔ.ny\

/\ʁə.kɔ.ny\/ verb

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The verdict

“reconnu” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,100
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-reconnu · reconnu · French

reconnu · rank #2,100 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,100
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rares

Nearest frequency peer: rares (-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 « reconnu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reconnu » 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).

reconnu vs répondu
57% similar
reconnu vs redonné
71% similar
reconnu vs reconnue
88% similar

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

Key facts for reconnu
PropertyValue
Headwordreconnu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kɔ.ny\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,100
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reconnu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).reconnuse 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 « rares » (#2,099), « réellement » (#2,101), « race » (#2,098). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reconnu » est au #2,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around reconnu (IPA \ʁə.kɔ.ny\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,100 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for reconnu, with forms such as "erconnu", "rceonnu", and "recconnu". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "répondu", "redonné", "reconnue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is reconnu, spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si vous avez jamais été mensuré, Bridge, vous serez reconnu dans quelques instants.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erconnu
  • rceonnu
  • recconnu
  • recnonu
  • reconu
  • reconun
  • reocnnu
  • rreconnu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erconnu2rceonnu2recconnu1recnonu2reconu1reconun2reocnnu2rreconnu1
Edit distance from "reconnu"

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 "reconnu"?
"reconnu" is spelled R-E-C-O-N-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kɔ.ny\.
What does "reconnu" mean?
As a verb, "reconnu" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "reconnu"?
"reconnu" is commonly confused with "répondu", "redonné", "reconnue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reconnu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reconnu" is \ʁə.kɔ.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reconnu" come from?
"reconnu" 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 "reconnu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list