Which to use
“racle” is a noun and “reculé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,135
- “racle” frequency rank
- #16,720
- “reculé” frequency rank
- 64855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | racle | reculé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Outil servant à racler. | Qui est éloigné, lointain. |
Letter map: racle vs reculé
Shared letters muted; letters that set racle and reculé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. racle runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against reculé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: racle vs reculé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: racle is anoun and reculéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64855, 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\. reculé is at rank #16,720, tagged as anadj.
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 64855, this pair ranks #75,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of racle vs reculé
Shared letters: celr. Private to "racle": a. Private to "reculé": ué.
"racle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- racle ← arcle · raccle · racel · raclle · ralce · rcale · rracle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "racle" for "reculé" ever safe?
Which is more common, "racle" or "reculé"?
What to do next
Pair "racle" vs "reculé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "racle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,037 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "racle" and "reculé" 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 #75,037 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.