Which to use
“recourent” and “reculent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,134
- “recourent” frequency rank
- #32,556
- “reculent” frequency rank
- 76690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recourent | reculent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recourir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reculer. |
Where the eye mixes recourent and reculent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recourent runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against reculent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recourent and reculent
A purely visual mix-up. recourent (\ʁə.kuʁ\) and reculent (\ʁə.kyl\) 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 76690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recourent is recorded at frequency rank #44,134, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuʁ\. reculent is at rank #32,556, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kyl\.
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 76690, this pair ranks #30,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recourent vs reculent
Shared letters: cenrtu. Private to "recourent": o. Private to "reculent": l.
"recourent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "reculent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recourent" for "reculent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recourent" vs "reculent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recourent" and "reculent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recourent" and "reculent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupent vs recourent". 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 #30,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.