racléevsrecrééTell them apart

Quick tell: raclée is a noun, recréé is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“raclée” is a noun and “recréé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,546
“raclée” frequency rank
#43,109
“recréé” frequency rank
75655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature raclée recréé
Definition Coups répétés portés à une personne ou à un animal. Participe passé masculin singulier de recréer.

Where the eye mixes raclée and recréé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. raclée and recréé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
raclée
6 ch
recréé

Look-alike desk: raclée vs recréé

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: raclée is \ʁɑ.kle\ while recréé is \ʁə.kʁe.e\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raclée is recorded at frequency rank #32,546, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ.kle\. recréé is at rank #43,109, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁe.e\.

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 75655, this pair ranks #33,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of raclée vs recréé

Shared letters: ceré. Private to "raclée": al. Private to "recréé": -.

"raclée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "recréé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "raclée" and "recréé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raclée" is a noun and "recréé" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "raclée" vs "recréé" - which ranks higher?
"raclée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,546 in our French list, against #43,109 for "recréé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "raclée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recréé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "raclée" and "recréé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs recréé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list