recourir
\ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\
The verdict
“recourir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,547
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courir de nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recourir · recourir · French
recourir · rank #9,547 · 11 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,547
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH RATP
Nearest frequency peer: RATP (-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 « recourir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- quotidiens
quotidiens
90,457 corpus weight
- rappelez
rappelez
90,456 corpus weight
- RATP
RATP
90,455 corpus weight
- recourir
recourir
90,454 corpus weight
- recyclage
recyclage
90,453 corpus weight
- registres
registres
90,452 corpus weight
What this shows « recourir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recourir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recourir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around recourir (IPA \ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,547 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for recourir, with forms such as "ercourir", "rceourir", and "reccourir". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "recours", "réjouir", "recourt", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is recourir, spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Courir de nouveau.
- 2Demander du secours ; s’adresser à quelqu’un pour en obtenir quelque chose.
- 3Se pourvoir.
- 4User ; utiliser ; avoir recours ; en parlant des choses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recourir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai couru et recouru.
Voyez-vous […] nous avons à Paris plusieurs catégories de malandrins. Pour nous en garantir, il nous faut recourir à des hommes présentant des qualités particulières. Ces hommes sont des mouchards, comme vous les appelez.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercourir
- rceourir
- reccourir
- recoruir
- recouirr
- recourirr
- recourri
- recourrir
- recuorir
- reocurir
- rrecourir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recourir - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).