reculé

adj

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The verdict

“reculé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,720
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est éloigné, lointain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recule · reculé · French

reculé · rank #16,720 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,720
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH recommandée

Nearest frequency peer: recommandée (-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 « reculé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « reculé » 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).

reculé vs rule
50% similar
reculé vs revue
50% similar
reculé vs réglé
50% similar

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

Key facts for reculé
PropertyValue
Headwordreculé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,720
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « reculé »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).reculése 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 « recommandée » (#16,719), « redescendre » (#16,721), « rattrapé » (#16,718). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reculé » est au #16,720. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around reculé, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,720 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est éloigné, lointain.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for reculé, with forms such as "erculé", "rceulé", and "recculé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rule", "revue", "réglé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is reculé, spelled R-E-C-U-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est éloigné, lointain.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rapidement, Giselle gagna un appartement reculé, dont les fenêtres donnaient sur la route et elle poussa une porte.
  2. Il loge dans le quartier de la ville le plus reculé.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erculé
  • rceulé
  • recculé
  • reclué
  • recule
  • recullé
  • recuél
  • reuclé
  • rreculé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reculé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erculé2rceulé2recculé1reclué2recule1recullé1recuél2reuclé2
Edit distance from "reculé"

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 "reculé"?
"reculé" is spelled R-E-C-U-L-É.
What does "reculé" mean?
As an adjective, "reculé" means: Qui est éloigné, lointain.
What words are commonly confused with "reculé"?
"reculé" is commonly confused with "rule", "revue", "réglé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "reculé" come from?
"reculé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rasoir#16,717rareté#16,716queens#16,712saines#16,729

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Roumaine9 variantsSartre9 variantspignon9 variantssignez9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list