récurrent

/\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,246

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

récurrent is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété. Pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\. Often confused with récurrents and récurrente.

Key facts for récurrent
PropertyValue
Headwordrécurrent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,246
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for récurrent is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #15,246 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for récurrent, with forms such as "rcéurrent", "recurrent", and "rrécurrent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "récurrents", "récurrente", "récurrentes", 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 récurrent, spelled R-É-C-U-R-R-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété.
  2. 2
    Qui revient, qui remonte vers son origine.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’une suite ou d'une série dont chaque terme s’exprime à partir du terme qui le précède.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rcéurrent,recurrent,rrécurrent,réccurrent,récrurent,récurent,récurernt,récurrennt,récurrentt,récurretn,récurrnet,réucrrent,ércurrent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for récurrent

Misspelling Variants of "récurrent"

rcéurrent9recurrent9rrécurrent10réccurrent10récrurent9récurent8récurernt9récurrennt10
Misspelling Variants of "récurrent"

Frequency rank: #15,246 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "récurrent"?
"récurrent" is spelled R-É-C-U-R-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "récurrent" mean?
As an adj, "récurrent" means: Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété.
What words are commonly confused with "récurrent"?
"récurrent" is commonly confused with "récurrents", "récurrente", "récurrentes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "récurrent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "récurrent" is \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "récurrent" come from?
"récurrent" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.