récupéré

\ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\

/\ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“récupéré” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #6,025 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#6,025
frequency rank, French
8
letters
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est issu de la récupération.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

récupéré vs repère
38% similar
récupéré vs rémunéré
75% similar
récupéré vs récupérer
78% similar

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

Key facts for récupéré
PropertyValue
Headwordrécupéré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,025
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “récupéré” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). récupéré lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for récupéré is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,025 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui est issu de la récupération.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for récupéré, with forms such as "rcéupéré", "recupere", and "rrécupéré". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "repère", "rémunéré", "récupérer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is récupéré, spelled R-É-C-U-P-É-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est issu de la récupération.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rcéupéré,recupere,rrécupéré,réccupéré,récpuéré,récuppéré,récupréé,récupérré,récupéér,récuépré,réucpéré,ércupéré

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of récupéré - 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.

rcéupéré2recupere3rrécupéré1réccupéré1récpuéré2récuppéré1récupréé2récupérré1
Edit distance from "récupéré"

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 "récupéré"?
"récupéré" is spelled R-É-C-U-P-É-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\.
What does "récupéré" mean?
As an adjective, "récupéré" means: Qui est issu de la récupération.
What words are commonly confused with "récupéré"?
"récupéré" is commonly confused with "repère", "rémunéré", "récupérer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "récupéré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "récupéré" is \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "récupéré" come from?
"récupéré" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “récupéré”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-É-C-U-P-É-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “repère” - see the side-by-side comparison. récupéré vs repère
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list