recouvrer

\ʁə.ku.vʁe\

/\ʁə.ku.vʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“recouvrer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,933
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retrouver, rentrer en possession ; acquérir de nouveau une chose qu’on avait perdue.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recouvrer · recouvrer · French

recouvrer · rank #27,933 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,933
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rebaptisé

Nearest frequency peer: rebaptisé (-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 « recouvrer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recouvrer » 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).

recouvrer vs recouvrir
89% similar
recouvrer vs recourir
78% similar
recouvrer vs recouvré
78% similar

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

Key facts for recouvrer
PropertyValue
Headwordrecouvrer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ku.vʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,933
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recouvrer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.recouvrerse 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 « rebaptisé » (#27,932), « recueillement » (#27,934), « ravisseurs » (#27,931). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recouvrer » est au #27,933. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around recouvrer (IPA \ʁə.ku.vʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #27,933 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recouvrer, with forms such as "ercouvrer", "rceouvrer", and "reccouvrer". 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, "recouvrir", "recourir", "recouvré", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recouvrer, spelled R-E-C-O-U-V-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retrouver, rentrer en possession ; acquérir de nouveau une chose qu’on avait perdue.
  2. 2
    Recevoir, percevoir ou récupérer le paiement d’une somme due.
  3. 3
    Faire la levée, la perception des impôts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Français qui aura perdu sa qualité de Français pourra toujours la recouvrer en rentrant en France avec l'autorisation du Gouvernement, et en déclarant qu'il veut s'y fixer, et qu'il renonce à toute distinction contraire à la loi française.
  2. J’éprouvai la sensation d’un aveugle qui recouvrerait subitement la vue.

This word in other languages

recover(English)recuperar(Español)erheben(Deutsch)recuperar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercouvrer
  • rceouvrer
  • reccouvrer
  • recourver
  • recouverr
  • recouvrerr
  • recouvrre
  • recouvrrer
  • recouvvrer
  • recovurer
  • recuovrer
  • reocuvrer
  • rrecouvrer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ercouvrer2rceouvrer2reccouvrer1recourver2recouverr2recouvrerr1recouvrre2recouvrrer1
Edit distance from "recouvrer"

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 "recouvrer"?
"recouvrer" is spelled R-E-C-O-U-V-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ku.vʁe\.
What does "recouvrer" mean?
As a verb, "recouvrer" means: Retrouver, rentrer en possession ; acquérir de nouveau une chose qu’on avait perdue.
What words are commonly confused with "recouvrer"?
"recouvrer" is commonly confused with "recouvrir", "recourir", "recouvré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recouvrer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recouvrer" is \ʁə.ku.vʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recouvrer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rebaptisé#27,932refroidit#27,935regardera#27,936remorques#27,938

Similar misspelling depth

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

ravisseurs13 variantsraccourcir13 variantspérilleuse13 variantsrepoussent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list