retrouvé

\ʁə.tʁu.ve\

/\ʁə.tʁu.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“retrouvé” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,197
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-retrouve · retrouvé · French

retrouvé · rank #2,197 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,197
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réflexion

Nearest frequency peer: réflexion (+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 « retrouvé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « retrouvé » 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).

retrouvé vs retrouver
78% similar
retrouvé vs retrouvez
78% similar
retrouvé vs retrouvée
89% similar

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

Key facts for retrouvé
PropertyValue
Headwordretrouvé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.tʁu.ve\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,197
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retrouvé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).retrouvése 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 « réflexion » (#2,198), « recours » (#2,195), « sentiments » (#2,199). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retrouvé » est au #2,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around retrouvé (IPA \ʁə.tʁu.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,197 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de retrouver.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for retrouvé, with forms such as "ertrouvé", "rertouvé", and "retoruvé". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "retrouver", "retrouvez", "retrouvée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is retrouvé, spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-V-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de retrouver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La fête du Soleil, qui comme tant de fêtes incas fut interdite par les conquérants, a retrouvé de sa vigueur à partir de 1944.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertrouvé
  • rertouvé
  • retoruvé
  • retrouve
  • retrouvvé
  • retrouév
  • retrovué
  • retrrouvé
  • retruové
  • rettrouvé
  • rretrouvé
  • rterouvé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retrouvé - 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.

ertrouvé2rertouvé2retoruvé2retrouve1retrouvvé1retrouév2retrovué2retrrouvé1
Edit distance from "retrouvé"

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 "retrouvé"?
"retrouvé" is spelled R-E-T-R-O-U-V-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tʁu.ve\.
What does "retrouvé" mean?
As a verb, "retrouvé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de retrouver.
What words are commonly confused with "retrouvé"?
"retrouvé" is commonly confused with "retrouver", "retrouvez", "retrouvée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retrouvé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retrouvé" is \ʁə.tʁu.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retrouvé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

parfaite#2,188alliance#2,211heureuse#2,178discuter#2,171

Similar misspelling depth

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

écriture12 variantsvérifier12 variantsproposer12 variantsréponses12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list