Which to use
“reculée” and “reculées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,008
- “reculée” frequency rank
- #37,515
- “reculées” frequency rank
- 76523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculée | reculées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace qui permet de se reculer. | Pluriel de reculée. |
Same sound, different letters: reculée vs reculées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reculée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against reculées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - reculée and reculées
This is the hard kind. reculée and reculées are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ky.le\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reculée” sits inside “reculées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculée is recorded at frequency rank #39,008, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ky.le\. 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 76523, this pair ranks #30,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculée vs reculées
Shared letters: celrué. Private to "reculée": -. Private to "reculées": s.
"reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "reculées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculée" for "reculées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reculée" or "reculées"?
After this comparison
"reculée" and "reculées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculée" 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 #30,892 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculée" and "reculées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculée vs refoulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #30,892 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.