Which to use
“recensé” and “recenser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,789
- “recensé” frequency rank
- #29,104
- “recenser” frequency rank
- 54893
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recensé | recenser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de recenser. | Compter ou évaluer les éléments d’une grandeur nombrable ; dénombrer ; quantifier. |
Same sound, different letters: recensé vs recenser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. recensé runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against recenser's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: recensé vs recenser
This is the hard kind. recensé and recenser are pronounced identically (\ʁə.sɑ̃.se\) 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 54893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recensé is recorded at frequency rank #25,789, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.se\. recenser is at rank #29,104, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɑ̃.se\.
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 54893, this pair ranks #130,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recensé vs recenser
Shared letters: cenrs. Private to "recensé": é. Private to "recenser": -.
"recensé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "recenser" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recenser ← ercenser · rceenser · reccenser · recenesr · recennser · recenserr · recensre · recensser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recensé" and "recenser" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recensé" or "recenser" show up more?
What to do next
"recensé" and "recenser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recenser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recensé" and "recenser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recenser vs retenter". 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 #130,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.