recoupevsreculéConfusable pair

Quick tell: recoupe is a noun, reculé is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recoupe” is a noun and “reculé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,567
“recoupe” frequency rank
#16,720
“reculé” frequency rank
59287
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recoupe reculé
Definition Morceaux d’étoffe qui restent quand on taille des vêtements. Qui est éloigné, lointain.

Letter map: recoupe vs reculé

Shared letters muted; letters that set recoupe and reculé apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
recoupe
6 ch
reculé

Grammar separator: recoupe vs reculé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recoupe is anoun and reculéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recoupe is recorded at frequency rank #42,567, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kup\. reculé is at rank #16,720, tagged as anadj.

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 59287, this pair ranks #104,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recoupe vs reculé

Shared letters: ceru. Private to "recoupe": op. Private to "reculé": .

"recoupe" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recoupeercoupe · rceoupe · reccoupe · recopue · recouep · recouppe · recuope · reocupe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recoupe" and "reculé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recoupe" is a noun and "reculé" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "recoupe" or "reculé"?
"reculé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,720 in our French list, against #42,567 for "recoupe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "recoupe" vs "reculé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recoupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reculé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recoupe" and "reculé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupe 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 #104,013 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