Which to use
“reculé” is an adjective and “reculée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,720
- “reculé” frequency rank
- #39,008
- “reculée” frequency rank
- 55728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculé | reculée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est éloigné, lointain. | Espace qui permet de se reculer. |
Letter map: reculé vs reculée
Shared letters muted; letters that set reculé and reculée apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for reculé / reculée
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reculé is anadjective and reculéeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reculé” sits inside “reculée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculé is recorded at frequency rank #16,720, classified as anadj. reculée is at rank #39,008, tagged as anoun, 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 55728, this pair ranks #125,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculé vs reculée
Shared letters: celrué. Private to "reculé": -. Private to "reculée": -.
"reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculé" and "reculée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "reculé" or "reculée" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "reculé" vs "reculée" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,591 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculé" and "reculée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculée vs refoulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #125,591 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.