redécouvrir
\ʁə.de.ku.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“redécouvrir” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,394
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Découvrir à nouveau ce qui a été couvert.
Corpus desk
Index FR-redecouvrir · redécouvrir · French
redécouvrir · rank #22,394 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,394
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH redonné
Nearest frequency peer: redonné (-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 « redécouvrir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- reconnaisse
reconnaisse
77,610 corpus weight
- recycler
recycler
77,609 corpus weight
- redonné
redonné
77,608 corpus weight
- redécouvrir
redécouvrir
77,607 corpus weight
- rejetant
rejetant
77,606 corpus weight
- relevées
relevées
77,605 corpus weight
What this shows « redécouvrir » 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 | redécouvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.de.ku.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #22,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « redécouvrir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around redécouvrir (IPA \ʁə.de.ku.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,394 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for redécouvrir, with forms such as "erdécouvrir", "rdeécouvrir", and "redcéouvrir". 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, "recouvrir", "redécouvre", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is redécouvrir, spelled R-E-D-É-C-O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Découvrir à nouveau ce qui a été couvert.
- 2Connaître à nouveau quelque chose que l'on connaissait déjà ; reprendre conscience de quelque chose jadis connu.
- 3Saisir une réalité sous un angle nouveau, ou voir amenée à notre conscience une réalité subconsciente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redécouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous redécouvrîmes le monde extérieur, les premiers rayons de soleil se posaient sur les pins détrempés, la brume enveloppait la terrasse humide et luisante.
On a mis 200 ans à redécouvrir Shakespeare, qu'on avait complètement oublié!
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erdécouvrir
- rdeécouvrir
- redcéouvrir
- reddécouvrir
- redecouvrir
- redéccouvrir
- redécourvir
- redécouvirr
- redécouvrirr
- redécouvrri
- redécouvrrir
- redécouvvrir
- redécovurir
- redécuovrir
- redéocuvrir
- reédcouvrir
- rredécouvrir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of redécouvrir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).