réécrire

/\ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,460

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

réécrire is aFrenchverb. It means: Écrire de nouveau ce qui a déjà été écrit. Pronounced \ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\. Often confused with réécrit and réélire.

Key facts for réécrire
PropertyValue
Headwordréécrire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,460
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for réécrire is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,460 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for réécrire, with forms such as "reecrire", "rréécrire", and "récrire". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "réécrit", "réélire", "réécriture", 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 réécrire, spelled R-É-É-C-R-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Écrire de nouveau ce qui a déjà été écrit.
  2. 2
    Écrire une seconde, une troisième lettre.
  3. 3
    Faire réponse par lettre.
  4. 4
    Changer considérablement le style d’un ouvrage, composer à nouveau un morceau.
  5. 5
    Donner une nouvelle version, différente de celle admise, de faits passés ; modifier la vision desdits faits, leur donner un autre sens, un autre enchaînement, un autre contenu.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: reecrire,rréécrire,récrire,récérire,rééccrire,réécirre,réécrier,réécrirre,réécrrie,réécrrire,réércire,érécrire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for réécrire

Misspelling Variants of "réécrire"

reecrire8rréécrire9récrire7récérire8rééccrire9réécirre8réécrier8réécrirre9
Misspelling Variants of "réécrire"

Frequency rank: #21,460 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réécrire"?
"réécrire" is spelled R-É-É-C-R-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\.
What does "réécrire" mean?
As a verb, "réécrire" means: Écrire de nouveau ce qui a déjà été écrit.
What words are commonly confused with "réécrire"?
"réécrire" is commonly confused with "réécrit", "réélire", "réécriture". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réécrire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réécrire" is \ʁe.e.kʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réécrire" come from?
"réécrire" 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.