recoupent

\ʁə.kup\

/\ʁə.kup\/ verb

The verdict

“recoupent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,985
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-recoupent · recoupent · French

recoupent · rank #46,985 · 13 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,985
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconvertie

Nearest frequency peer: reconvertie (-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 « recoupent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recoupent » 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).

recoupent vs reçurent
67% similar
recoupent vs reculent
78% similar
recoupent vs recouper
78% similar

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

Key facts for recoupent
PropertyValue
Headwordrecoupent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kup\
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,985
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recoupent »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reconvertie » (#46,984), « rectificative » (#46,986), « rechargement » (#46,983). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recoupent » est au #46,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around recoupent (IPA \ʁə.kup\), averb. Corpus frequency is #46,985 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recoupent, with forms such as "ercoupent", "rceoupent", and "reccoupent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "reçurent", "reculent", "recouper", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recoupent, spelled R-E-C-O-U-P-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recouper.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de recouper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi se superposent et se recoupent durant le temps du monopole les différents types de périmètres, lesquels épousent dans leur quasi-intégralité les frontières de la France.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercoupent
  • rceoupent
  • reccoupent
  • recopuent
  • recouepnt
  • recoupennt
  • recoupentt
  • recoupetn
  • recoupnet
  • recouppent
  • recuopent
  • reocupent
  • rrecoupent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercoupent2rceoupent2reccoupent1recopuent2recouepnt2recoupennt1recoupentt1recoupetn2
Edit distance from "recoupent"

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 "recoupent"?
"recoupent" is spelled R-E-C-O-U-P-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kup\.
What does "recoupent" mean?
As a verb, "recoupent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recouper.
What words are commonly confused with "recoupent"?
"recoupent" is commonly confused with "reçurent", "reculent", "recouper". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recoupent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recoupent" is \ʁə.kup\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recoupent" come from?
"recoupent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list