Which to use
“reculé” is an adjective and “reculées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,720
- “reculé” frequency rank
- #37,515
- “reculées” frequency rank
- 54235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculé | reculées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est éloigné, lointain. | Pluriel de reculée. |
Letter map: reculé vs reculées
Shared letters muted; letters that set reculé and reculées apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. reculé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reculées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - reculé and reculées
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reculé is anadjective and reculéesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “reculé” sits inside “reculées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculé is recorded at frequency rank #16,720, classified as anadj. reculées is at rank #37,515, 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 54235, this pair ranks #135,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculé vs reculées
Shared letters: celrué. Private to "reculé": -. Private to "reculées": s.
"reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reculées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reculé" and "reculées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reculé" vs "reculées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "reculé" vs "reculées" 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 "reculées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculé" and "reculées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculées vs régulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #135,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.