Which to use
“reculée” is a noun and “réputée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,008
- “reculée” frequency rank
- #12,247
- “réputée” frequency rank
- 51255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculée | réputée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Espace qui permet de se reculer. | Féminin singulier de réputé. |
Where the eye mixes reculée and réputée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. reculée and réputée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reculée with réputée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reculée is \ʁə.ky.le\ while réputée is \ʁe.py.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51255, 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\. réputée is at rank #12,247, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.py.te\.
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 51255, this pair ranks #156,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reculée vs réputée
Shared letters: erué. Private to "reculée": cl. Private to "réputée": pt.
"reculée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "réputée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculée" for "réputée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reculée" vs "réputée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reculée" and "réputée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réputée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculée" and "réputée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculée vs refoulée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #156,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.