Which to use
“reculée” is a noun and “reculés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,008
- “reculée” frequency rank
- #33,432
- “reculés” frequency rank
- 72440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculée | reculés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace qui permet de se reculer. | Masculin pluriel de reculé. |
Same sound, different letters: reculée vs reculés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. reculée (CVCVCVV) and reculés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - reculée and reculés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: reculée and reculés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.ky.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “reculée” becomes s in “reculés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72440, 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\. reculés is at rank #33,432, tagged as anadj, 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 72440, this pair ranks #43,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculée vs reculés
Shared letters: celrué. Private to "reculée": -. Private to "reculés": s.
"reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "reculés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculée" for "reculés" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "reculée" / "reculés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reculés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculée" and "reculés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculée vs refoulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.