Which to use
“récré” and “renne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,457
- “récré” frequency rank
- #32,562
- “renne” frequency rank
- 54019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récré | renne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Période de la journée scolaire durant laquelle les enfants peuvent sortir et s’amuser. | Mammifère des régions arctiques et subarctiques, de la famille des cervidés, sauvage ou domestiqué et dont les bois sont aplatis et dentelés. |
Where the eye mixes récré and renne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. récré and renne follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between récré and renne
A purely visual mix-up. récré (\ʁe.kʁe\) and renne (\ʁɛn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54019, 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\. renne is at rank #32,562, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛn\.
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 54019, this pair ranks #136,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récré vs renne
Shared letters: r. Private to "récré": cé. Private to "renne": en.
"récré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "renne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- renne ← ernne · renen · rnene · rrenne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récré" for "renne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "récré" or "renne"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "récré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "renne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récré" and "renne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rénal vs renne". 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 #136,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.