recours

\ʁə.kuʁ\

/\ʁə.kuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“recours” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,195
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on recherche de l’assistance, du secours.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recours · recours · French

recours · rank #2,195 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,195
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rang

Nearest frequency peer: Rang (-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 « recours »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recours » 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).

recours vs reçus
57% similar
recours vs retour
71% similar
recours vs reçues
57% similar

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

Key facts for recours
PropertyValue
Headwordrecours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.kuʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,195
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recours »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Rang » (#2,194), « retrouvé » (#2,197), « postes » (#2,192). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recours » est au #2,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around recours (IPA \ʁə.kuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,195 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for recours, with forms such as "ercours", "rceours", and "reccours". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "reçus", "retour", "reçues", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is recours, spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on recherche de l’assistance, du secours.
  2. 2
    Refuge, ce à quoi on recourt.
  3. 3
    Droit de reprise par voie légale, l’action qu’on peut avoir contre quelqu’un pour être garanti ou indemnisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le recours aux primaires semi-ouvertes s’est avéré beaucoup plus complexe à mettre en pratique que ses concepteurs ne l’avaient anticipé.
  2. Telle est la chair des femmes, un abîme où s'engloutir sans recours, et celle des vierges un brasier qui consume l'âme.

This word in other languages

recourse(English)uso(Español)Benutzung(Deutsch)emprego(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercours
  • rceours
  • reccours
  • recorus
  • recourrs
  • recourss
  • recousr
  • recuors
  • reocurs
  • rrecours

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercours2rceours2reccours1recorus2recourrs1recourss1recousr2recuors2
Edit distance from "recours"

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 "recours"?
"recours" is spelled R-E-C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kuʁ\.
What does "recours" mean?
As a noun, "recours" means: Action par laquelle on recherche de l’assistance, du secours.
What words are commonly confused with "recours"?
"recours" is commonly confused with "reçus", "retour", "reçues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recours" is \ʁə.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recours" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

pensent#2,190magasin#2,184élément#2,207légende#2,183

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

heureuse10 variantscommande10 variantschaleur10 variantsBrésil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list