Which to use
“recife” and “récré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,319
- “recife” frequency rank
- #21,457
- “récré” frequency rank
- 70776
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recife | récré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récif, écueil. | Période de la journée scolaire durant laquelle les enfants peuvent sortir et s’amuser. |
Where the eye mixes recife and récré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. recife runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against récré's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recife and récré
A purely visual mix-up. recife (\ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recife is recorded at frequency rank #49,319, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\. 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 70776, this pair ranks #50,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recife vs récré
Shared letters: cr. Private to "recife": efi. Private to "récré": é.
"recife" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "récré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recife ← ercife · rceife · reccife · recfie · recief · reciffe · reicfe · rrecife
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recife" and "récré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recife" or "récré"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recife" 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 #50,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recife" and "récré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs recréé". 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 #50,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.