Which to use
“récit” and “recoin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,797
- “récit” frequency rank
- #39,007
- “recoin” frequency rank
- 41804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récit | recoin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exposé structuré d’événements réels ou fictifs destiné à être raconté ou lu. | Coin plus caché, moins en vue. |
Where the eye mixes récit and recoin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: récit vs recoin
A purely visual mix-up. récit (\ʁe.si\) and recoin (\ʁə.kwɛ̃\) 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 41804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récit is recorded at frequency rank #2,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.si\. recoin is at rank #39,007, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kwɛ̃\.
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 41804, this pair ranks #230,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récit vs recoin
Shared letters: cir. Private to "récit": té. Private to "recoin": eno.
"récit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "recoin" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoin ← ercoin · rceoin · reccoin · recion · recoinn · reconi · reocin · rrecoin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récit" and "recoin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "récit" or "recoin" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "récit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recoin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,385 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récit" and "recoin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoin vs revoie". 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 #230,385 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.