Which to use
“recalé” is a verb and “reculés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,998
- “recalé” frequency rank
- #33,432
- “reculés” frequency rank
- 75430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recalé | reculés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe recaler. | Masculin pluriel de reculé. |
Where the eye mixes recalé and reculés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recalé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reculés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recalé and reculés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recalé is \ʁə.ka.le\ while reculés is \ʁə.ky.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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recalé is recorded at frequency rank #41,998, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ka.le\. reculés is at rank #33,432, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ky.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 75430, this pair ranks #34,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recalé vs reculés
Shared letters: celré. Private to "recalé": a. Private to "reculés": su.
"recalé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reculés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recalé" and "reculés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recalé" or "reculés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recalé" and "reculés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recalé" and "reculés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recalé vs rénal". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #34,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.