récursif
\ʁe.kyʁ.sif\
The verdict
“récursif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se définit en s’utilisant soi-même, directement ou indirectement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recursif · récursif · French
récursif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | récursif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁe.kyʁ.sif\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « récursif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
récursif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁe.kyʁ.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se définit en s’utilisant soi-même, directement ou indirectement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for récursif in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct French form is récursif, spelled R-É-C-U-R-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui se définit en s’utilisant soi-même, directement ou indirectement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how récursif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut définir la fonction factorielle de manière récursive.
Fonctions et relations récursives s'obtiennent en passant aux fonctions partielles et ajoutant la minimisation non bornée.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.