Which to use
“recherchent” and “recherchons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,459
- “recherchent” frequency rank
- #17,539
- “recherchons” frequency rank
- 30998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchent | recherchons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Where the eye mixes recherchent and recherchons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recherchent and recherchons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recherchent vs recherchons
A purely visual mix-up. recherchent (\ʁə.ʃɛʁʃ\) 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 30998, 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\. 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 30998, this pair ranks #306,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recherchent vs recherchons
Shared letters: cehnr. Private to "recherchent": t. Private to "recherchons": os.
"recherchent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC · "recherchons" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recherchent ← ercherchent · rceherchent · reccherchent · recehrchent · rechecrhent · rechercchent · rechercehnt · recherchennt
- recherchons ← ercherchons · rceherchons · reccherchons · recehrchons · rechecrhons · rechercchons · recherchhons · recherchnos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recherchent" and "recherchons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recherchent" or "recherchons" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recherchent" and "recherchons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchent" 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 #306,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchent" and "recherchons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchais vs recherchons". 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 #306,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.