recueillir

\ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\

/\ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“recueillir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,141
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Collectionner ; collecter ; recevoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recueillir · recueillir · French

recueillir · rank #8,141 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,141
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reflet

Nearest frequency peer: reflet (+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 « recueillir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recueillir » 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).

recueillir vs recueillis
90% similar
recueillir vs recueilli
90% similar
recueillir vs recueille
80% similar

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

Key facts for recueillir
PropertyValue
Headwordrecueillir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,141
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recueillir »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).recueillirse 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 « reflet » (#8,142), « raid » (#8,139), « relevant » (#8,143). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recueillir » est au #8,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around recueillir (IPA \ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,141 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for recueillir, with forms such as "ercueillir", "rceueillir", and "reccueillir". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "recueillis", "recueilli", "recueille", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is recueillir, spelled R-E-C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Collectionner ; collecter ; recevoir.
  2. 2
    Compiler, réunir en un corps plusieurs choses de même nature éparses dans un auteur, dans plusieurs auteurs.
  3. 3
    Recevoir ce qui tombe, ce qui découle.
  4. 4
    Recevoir humainement et charitablement chez soi ceux qui sont dans le besoin.
  5. 5
    Rassembler les fruits d’une terre, en faire la récolte ; on dit plutôt « récolter ».
  6. 6
    Rassembler les fruits d’une terre, en faire la récolte ; on dit plutôt « récolter ».
  7. 7
    Recevoir par voie d’hérédité.
  8. 8
    Rassembler, ramasser des choses dispersées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le liquide qui s’écoule est recueilli dans des tonneaux, qu’on place dans les celliers où doit s’opérer la fermentation.
  2. Les anciens impôts basés sur le Koran sont supprimés et remplacés par des contributions nouvelles qui seront recueillies par des fonctionnaires spéciaux, au lieu de l'être par les caïds.

Synonyms

ragorner

This word in other languages

harvest(English)recolectar(Español)sammeln(Deutsch)herdar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercueillir
  • rceueillir
  • reccueillir
  • receuillir
  • recueililr
  • recueilir
  • recueillirr
  • recueillri
  • recuelilir
  • recuiellir
  • reuceillir
  • rrecueillir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recueillir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ercueillir2rceueillir2reccueillir1receuillir2recueililr2recueilir1recueillirr1recueillri2
Edit distance from "recueillir"

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 "recueillir"?
"recueillir" is spelled R-E-C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\.
What does "recueillir" mean?
As a verb, "recueillir" means: Collectionner ; collecter ; recevoir.
What words are commonly confused with "recueillir"?
"recueillir" is commonly confused with "recueillis", "recueilli", "recueille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recueillir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recueillir" is \ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recueillir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sanctuaire#8,157magnétique#8,124sanitaires#8,158légalement#8,123

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

relevant12 variantsnocturne12 variantstablettes12 variantsterminal12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list