Which to use
“recherchais” and “recherchons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,676
- “recherchais” frequency rank
- #17,539
- “recherchons” frequency rank
- 62215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchais | recherchons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rechercher. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Where the eye mixes recherchais and recherchons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recherchais (CVCCVCCCVVC) and recherchons (CVCCVCCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between recherchais and recherchons
A purely visual mix-up. recherchais (\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ\) and recherchons (\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recherchais is recorded at frequency rank #44,676, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɛ\. recherchons is at rank #17,539, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃɔ̃\.
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 62215, this pair ranks #88,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recherchais vs recherchons
Shared letters: cehrs. Private to "recherchais": ai. Private to "recherchons": no.
"recherchais" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC · "recherchons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recherchais ← ercherchais · rceherchais · reccherchais · recehrchais · rechecrhais · rechercahis · rechercchais · recherchaiss
- recherchons ← ercherchons · rceherchons · reccherchons · recehrchons · rechecrhons · rechercchons · recherchhons · recherchnos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recherchais" and "recherchons" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recherchais" or "recherchons"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,277 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchais" and "recherchons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchaient vs recherchais". 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 #88,277 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.