recueil

/\ʁə.kœj\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,275

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

recueil is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de recueillir ; résultat de cette action. Pronounced \ʁə.kœj\. It ranks #4,275 in French word frequency. Often confused with recul and réveil.

Key facts for recueil
PropertyValue
Headwordrecueil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.kœj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,275
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of recueil in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for recueil is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁə.kœj\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,275 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for recueil, with forms such as "ercueil", "rceueil", and "reccueil". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "recul", "réveil", "reçues", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is recueil, spelled R-E-C-U-E-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de recueillir ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Assemblage ou réunion de divers actes ou écrits, d’ouvrages en prose ou en vers, de pièces de musique, d’estampes, etc.
  3. 3
    Le livre ou le livret où sont imprimés ces œuvres.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ercueil,rceueil,reccueil,receuil,recueill,recueli,recuiel,reuceil,rrecueil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for recueil

Misspelling Variants of "recueil"

ercueil7rceueil7reccueil8receuil7recueill8recueli7recuiel7reuceil7
Misspelling Variants of "recueil"

Frequency rank: #4,275 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recueil"?
"recueil" is spelled R-E-C-U-E-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kœj\.
What does "recueil" mean?
As a noun, "recueil" means: Action de recueillir ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "recueil"?
"recueil" is commonly confused with "recul", "réveil", "reçues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recueil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recueil" is \ʁə.kœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recueil" come from?
"recueil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.