récrévsReeseWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: récré is a noun, Reese is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“récré” is a noun and “Reese” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,457
“récré” frequency rank
#31,214
“Reese” frequency rank
52671
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature récré Reese
Definition Période de la journée scolaire durant laquelle les enfants peuvent sortir et s’amuser. Prénom féminin.

Letter map: récré vs Reese

Shared letters muted; letters that set récré and Reese apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. récré (CVCCV) and Reese (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
récré
5 ch
Reese

Role in the sentence - récré and Reese

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: récré is anoun and Reeseaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

récré is recorded at frequency rank #21,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.kʁe\. Reese is at rank #31,214, tagged as aname.

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 52671, this pair ranks #146,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of récré vs Reese

Shared letters: r. Private to "récré": cé. Private to "Reese": es.

"récré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Reese" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reese ← erese · reees · reesse · rese · resee · rreese

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "récré" and "Reese" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "récré" is a noun and "Reese" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "récré" or "Reese"?
"récré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,457 in our French list, against #31,214 for "Reese". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "récré" and "Reese".

  • Full dictionary entry for "récré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "récré" and "Reese" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reese vs Reis". 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 #146,066 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