Which to use
“racle” is a noun and “recalé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #41,998
- “recalé” frequency rank
- 90133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | recalé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe recaler. |
Where the eye mixes racle and recalé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. racle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against recalé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: racle vs recalé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: racle is \ʁakl\ while recalé is \ʁə.ka.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
racle is recorded at frequency rank #48,135, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁakl\. recalé is at rank #41,998, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ka.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 90133, this pair ranks #5,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs recalé
Shared letters: acelr. Private to "racle": -. Private to "recalé": é.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "recalé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racle" for "recalé" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "racle" and "recalé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "racle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recalé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "recalé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racle vs râles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #5,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.