recyclé

\ʁə.si.kle\

/\ʁə.si.kle\/ verb

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The verdict

“recyclé” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,844
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de recycler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-recycle · recyclé · French

recyclé · rank #26,844 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,844
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reconstitué

Nearest frequency peer: reconstitué (-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 « recyclé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « recyclé » 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).

recyclé vs recycler
75% similar
recyclé vs recyclés
88% similar
recyclé vs reculé
71% similar

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

Key facts for recyclé
PropertyValue
Headwordrecyclé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.si.kle\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,844
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recyclé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).recyclése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reconstitué » (#26,843), « recommandés » (#26,842), « rei » (#26,846). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recyclé » est au #26,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around recyclé (IPA \ʁə.si.kle\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,844 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de recycler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for recyclé, with forms such as "ercyclé", "rceyclé", and "reccyclé". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "recycler", "recyclés", "reculé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is recyclé, spelled R-E-C-Y-C-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de recycler.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercyclé
  • rceyclé
  • reccyclé
  • reccylé
  • recycclé
  • recycle
  • recycllé
  • recycél
  • recylcé
  • recyyclé
  • reycclé
  • rrecyclé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recyclé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ercyclé2rceyclé2reccyclé1reccylé2recycclé1recycle1recycllé1recycél2
Edit distance from "recyclé"

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 "recyclé"?
"recyclé" is spelled R-E-C-Y-C-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.si.kle\.
What does "recyclé" mean?
As a verb, "recyclé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de recycler.
What words are commonly confused with "recyclé"?
"recyclé" is commonly confused with "recycler", "recyclés", "reculé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "recyclé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "recyclé" is \ʁə.si.kle\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "recyclé" come from?
"recyclé" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

relayée#26,847reliure#26,848renards#26,849revoilà#26,853

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

réformée12 variantsrémission12 variantssaisonnier12 variantspendules12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list