Which to use
“reculé” is an adjective and “rule” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,720
- “reculé” frequency rank
- #39,521
- “rule” frequency rank
- 56241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculé | rule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est éloigné, lointain. | Règle (ordre). |
Letter map: reculé vs rule
Shared letters muted; letters that set reculé and rule apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for reculé / rule
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reculé is anadjective and ruleanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56241, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculé is recorded at frequency rank #16,720, classified as anadj. rule is at rank #39,521, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɹuːl\.
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 56241, this pair ranks #122,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculé vs rule
Shared letters: elru. Private to "reculé": cé. Private to "rule": -.
"reculé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rule" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rule ← rlue · rrule · ruel · rulle · urle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculé" for "rule" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "reculé" or "rule" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reculé" and "rule".
- Full dictionary entry for "reculé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,329 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculé" and "rule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "râles vs rule". 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 #122,329 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.