recourant

\ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\

/\ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“recourant” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,863
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui introduit un recours en droit administratif ou auprès du Tribunal fédéral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recourant · recourant · French

recourant · rank #33,863 · 13 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,863
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconduction

Nearest frequency peer: reconduction (-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 « recourant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recourant » 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).

recourant vs recourt
78% similar
recourant vs reçurent
67% similar
recourant vs reculant
78% similar

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

Key facts for recourant
PropertyValue
Headwordrecourant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,863
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recourant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recourantse 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 « reconduction » (#33,862), « redevables » (#33,864), « remportera » (#33,865). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recourant » est au #33,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around recourant (IPA \ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,863 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Personne qui introduit un recours en droit administratif ou auprès du Tribunal fédéral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recourant, with forms such as "ercourant", "rceourant", and "reccourant". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "recourt", "reçurent", "reculant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recourant, spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui introduit un recours en droit administratif ou auprès du Tribunal fédéral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le recourant doit prouver l'existence d'un rapport particulièrement étroit et digne de protection ("eine schutzwürdige besondere Beziehungsnähe") avec l'objet du litige.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercourant
  • rceourant
  • reccourant
  • recoruant
  • recouarnt
  • recourannt
  • recourantt
  • recouratn
  • recournat
  • recourrant
  • recuorant
  • reocurant
  • rrecourant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercourant2rceourant2reccourant1recoruant2recouarnt2recourannt1recourantt1recouratn2
Edit distance from "recourant"

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 "recourant"?
"recourant" is spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "recourant" mean?
As a noun, "recourant" means: Personne qui introduit un recours en droit administratif ou auprès du Tribunal fédéral.
What words are commonly confused with "recourant"?
"recourant" is commonly confused with "recourt", "reçurent", "reculant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recourant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recourant" is \ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recourant" come from?
"recourant" 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 "recourant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

remportés#33,866revendeur#33,870réactiver#33,875précisées#33,847

Similar misspelling depth

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

prêteurs13 variantsréclamés13 variantsrépressif13 variantsprodiguer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list