Which to use
“rechercher” and “recherchez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,601
- “rechercher” frequency rank
- #23,336
- “recherchez” frequency rank
- 28937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rechercher | recherchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chercher avec soin. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Same sound, different letters: rechercher vs recherchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rechercher and recherchez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rechercher and recherchez
This is the hard kind. rechercher and recherchez are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe\) 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 a single letter - r in “rechercher” becomes z in “recherchez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rechercher is recorded at frequency rank #5,601, classified as averb, 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 28937, this pair ranks #319,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rechercher vs recherchez
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "rechercher": -. Private to "recherchez": z.
"rechercher" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC · "recherchez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rechercher ← erchercher · rcehercher · recchercher · recehrcher · rechecrher · recherccher · rechercehr · rechercherr
- recherchez ← ercherchez · rceherchez · reccherchez · recehrchez · rechecrhez · rechercchez · rechercehz · recherchezz
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rechercher" and "recherchez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rechercher" or "recherchez"?
What to do next
"rechercher" and "recherchez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rechercher" 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 #319,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rechercher" 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 #319,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.