rescapés

\ʁɛs.ka.pe\

/\ʁɛs.ka.pe\/ adj

The verdict

“rescapés” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,443
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de rescapé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rescapes · rescapés · French

rescapés · rank #21,443 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,443
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reportée

Nearest frequency peer: reportée (-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 « rescapés »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rescapés » 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).

rescapés vs rescapé
88% similar

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

Key facts for rescapés
PropertyValue
Headwordrescapés
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛs.ka.pe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,443
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rescapés »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rescapésse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « reportée » (#21,442), « restaurée » (#21,444), « retiendra » (#21,445). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rescapés » est au #21,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around rescapés (IPA \ʁɛs.ka.pe\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,443 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de rescapé.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rescapés, with forms such as "erscapés", "recsapés", and "resacpés". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "rescapé", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rescapés, spelled R-E-S-C-A-P-É-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de rescapé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how rescapés appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On applaudit bien fort les mécènes, puis on les oublia vite, de même que le proviseur sur son podium pour retourner vers le buffet s’emparer des petits-fours rescapés et siroter un dernier verre d’alcool.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erscapés
  • recsapés
  • resacpés
  • rescapes
  • rescappés
  • rescapsé
  • rescapéss
  • rescaéps
  • resccapés
  • rescpaés
  • resscapés
  • rrescapés
  • rsecapés

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rescapés - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erscapés2recsapés2resacpés2rescapes1rescappés1rescapsé2rescapéss1rescaéps2
Edit distance from "rescapés"

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 "rescapés"?
"rescapés" is spelled R-E-S-C-A-P-É-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛs.ka.pe\.
What does "rescapés" mean?
As an adjective, "rescapés" means: Masculin pluriel de rescapé.
What words are commonly confused with "rescapés"?
"rescapés" is commonly confused with "rescapé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rescapés"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rescapés" is \ʁɛs.ka.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rescapés" come from?
"rescapés" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list