Which to use
“recyclé” and “recycler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,844
- “recyclé” frequency rank
- #22,392
- “recycler” frequency rank
- 49236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recyclé | recycler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de recycler. | Mettre dans un nouveau cycle. |
Same sound, different letters: recyclé vs recycler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. recyclé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against recycler's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - recyclé and recycler
This is the hard kind. recyclé and recycler are pronounced identically (\ʁə.si.kle\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recyclé is recorded at frequency rank #26,844, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.si.kle\. recycler is at rank #22,392, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.si.kle\.
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 49236, this pair ranks #172,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recyclé vs recycler
Shared letters: celry. Private to "recyclé": é. Private to "recycler": -.
"recyclé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "recycler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recycler ← ercycler · rceycler · reccycler · reccyler · recyccler · recycelr · recyclerr · recycller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recyclé" and "recycler" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recyclé" or "recycler"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "recyclé" / "recycler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recyclé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recycler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,289 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recyclé" and "recycler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recalé vs recyclé". 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 #172,289 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.