recreation
\ˌɹɛk.ɹiˈeɪ.ʃən\
The verdict
“recreation” is uncommon French (frequency #73,491 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,491
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récréation, loisir, amusement, distraction, détente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recreation · recreation · French
recreation · rank #73,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,491
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recoupant
Nearest frequency peer: recoupant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « recreation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- reconstitue…
reconstituent
26,513 corpus weight
- recontacté
recontacté
26,512 corpus weight
- recoupant
recoupant
26,511 corpus weight
- recreation
recreation
26,510 corpus weight
- recueillons
recueillons
26,509 corpus weight
- recyclent
recyclent
26,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recreation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recreation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌɹɛk.ɹiˈeɪ.ʃən\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recreation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
recreation is uncommon French at frequency #73,491 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌɹɛk.ɹiˈeɪ.ʃən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Récréation, loisir, amusement, distraction, détente.".
recreation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is recreation, spelled R-E-C-R-E-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Récréation, loisir, amusement, distraction, détente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recreation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]
Mercury contents did not affect recreation persay but definitely could if found in fish tissue at high levels.
Synonyms
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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