Which to use
“recoller” and “reculer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,511
- “recoller” frequency rank
- #8,452
- “reculer” frequency rank
- 37963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoller | reculer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coller de nouveau. | Tirer ou pousser un objet en arrière. |
Where the eye mixes recoller and reculer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recoller runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against reculer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recoller vs reculer
A purely visual mix-up. recoller (\ʁə.kɔ.le\) and reculer (\ʁə.ky.le\) 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 37963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoller is recorded at frequency rank #29,511, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.le\. reculer is at rank #8,452, tagged as averb, 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 37963, this pair ranks #258,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recoller vs reculer
Shared letters: celr. Private to "recoller": o. Private to "reculer": u.
"recoller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "reculer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recoller" and "reculer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recoller" vs "reculer" - which ranks higher?
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 "recoller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoller" and "reculer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoller vs recouper". 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 #258,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.