Which to use
“recherchent” and “recherchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,459
- “recherchent” frequency rank
- #23,336
- “recherchez” frequency rank
- 36795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchent | recherchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Where the eye mixes recherchent and recherchez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recherchent runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCCVCC) against recherchez's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recherchent vs recherchez
A purely visual mix-up. recherchent (\ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ\) and recherchez (\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recherchent is recorded at frequency rank #13,459, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ\. 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 36795, this pair ranks #267,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recherchent vs recherchez
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "recherchent": nt. Private to "recherchez": z.
"recherchent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC · "recherchez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recherchent ← ercherchent · rceherchent · reccherchent · recehrchent · rechecrhent · rechercchent · rechercehnt · recherchennt
- recherchez ← ercherchez · rceherchez · reccherchez · recehrchez · rechecrhez · rechercchez · rechercehz · recherchezz
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "recherchent" 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 #267,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchent" and "recherchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchaient vs recherchent". 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 #267,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.