Which to use
“racle” and “récré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #21,457
- “récré” frequency rank
- 69592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | récré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Période de la journée scolaire durant laquelle les enfants peuvent sortir et s’amuser. |
Where the eye mixes racle and récré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. racle and récré follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between racle and récré
A purely visual mix-up. racle (\ʁakl\) and récré (\ʁe.kʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69592, 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\. récré is at rank #21,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.kʁe\.
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 69592, this pair ranks #54,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs récré
Shared letters: cr. Private to "racle": ael. Private to "récré": é.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "récré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racle" for "récré" ever safe?
Frequency check: "racle" vs "récré" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "racle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "récré" 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 #54,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.