Which to use
“recherchée” is an adjective and “recherchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,224
- “recherchée” frequency rank
- #23,336
- “recherchez” frequency rank
- 39560
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchée | recherchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de recherché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Same sound, different letters: recherchée vs recherchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. recherchée (CVCCVCCCVV) and recherchez (CVCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - recherchée and recherchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recherchée and recherchez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recherchée is recorded at frequency rank #16,224, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\. recherchez is at rank #23,336, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\.
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 39560, this pair ranks #247,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recherchée vs recherchez
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "recherchée": é. Private to "recherchez": z.
"recherchée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "recherchez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recherchez ← ercherchez · rceherchez · reccherchez · recehrchez · rechecrhez · rechercchez · rechercehz · recherchezz
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recherchée" for "recherchez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recherchée" vs "recherchez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"recherchée" and "recherchez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchée" and "recherchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchées vs recherchez". 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 #247,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.