RecepvsrécréWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Recep is a name, récré is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Recep” is a name and “récré” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,999
“Recep” frequency rank
#21,457
“récré” frequency rank
63456
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Recep récré
Definition Prénom masculin. Période de la journée scolaire durant laquelle les enfants peuvent sortir et s’amuser.

Letter map: Recep vs récré

Shared letters muted; letters that set Recep and récré apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Recep (CVCVC) and récré (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Recep
5 ch
récré

Role in the sentence - Recep and récré

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Recep is aname and récréanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Recep is recorded at frequency rank #41,999, classified as aname. 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 63456, this pair ranks #81,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Recep vs récré

Shared letters: cr. Private to "Recep": ep. Private to "récré": é.

"Recep" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "récré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Recep ← ercep · rceep · reccep · recepp · recpe · reecp · rrecep

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Recep" and "récré" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Recep" is a name and "récré" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Recep" vs "récré" - which ranks higher?
"récré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,457 in our French list, against #41,999 for "Recep". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Recep" vs "récré" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Recep" 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 #81,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Recep" and "récré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racer vs Recep". 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 #81,863 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