recyclage
\ʁə.si.klaʒ\
The verdict
“recyclage” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,548
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de recycler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recyclage · recyclage · French
recyclage · rank #9,548 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,548
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH recourir
Nearest frequency peer: recourir (-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 « recyclage »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rappelez
rappelez
90,456 corpus weight
- RATP
RATP
90,455 corpus weight
- recourir
recourir
90,454 corpus weight
- recyclage
recyclage
90,453 corpus weight
- registres
registres
90,452 corpus weight
- restaurer
restaurer
90,450 corpus weight
What this shows « recyclage » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recyclage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.si.klaʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recyclage »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around recyclage (IPA \ʁə.si.klaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,548 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for recyclage, with forms such as "ercyclage", "rceyclage", and "reccyclage". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "recyclé", "recyclable", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is recyclage, spelled R-E-C-Y-C-L-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de recycler.
- 2Renouvellement d’une formation dans le but de renouveler une habilitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recyclage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les activités du déchet pèsent pour une part importante dans ce chiffre, et leur part va croissant avec le développement du recyclage et de la revalorisation que l'on peut constater dans tous les pays et tous les domaines.
Il s’agit de M. Francis Malone, policier français qui dirige, à New York et à Paris, une enquête conjointe sur la corruption liée au trafic de drogue entre les deux pays et au recyclage de ses profits, ce qu’on appelle communément le blanchiment de l’argent sale.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercyclage
- rceyclage
- reccyclage
- reccylage
- recycalge
- recycclage
- recyclaeg
- recyclagge
- recyclgae
- recycllage
- recylcage
- recyyclage
- reycclage
- rrecyclage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recyclage - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).