Which to use
“recherchés” is an adjective and “recherchez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,547
- “recherchés” frequency rank
- #23,336
- “recherchez” frequency rank
- 37883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recherchés | recherchez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de recherché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rechercher. |
Same sound, different letters: recherchés vs recherchez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. recherchés and recherchez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: recherchés vs recherchez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recherchés 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 37883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recherchés is recorded at frequency rank #14,547, 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 37883, this pair ranks #259,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recherchés vs recherchez
Shared letters: cehr. Private to "recherchés": sé. Private to "recherchez": z.
"recherchés" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC · "recherchez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recherchez ← ercherchez · rceherchez · reccherchez · recehrchez · rechecrhez · rechercchez · rechercehz · recherchezz
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recherchés" and "recherchez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recherchés" vs "recherchez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "recherchés" / "recherchez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recherchés" 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 #259,293 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recherchés" and "recherchez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recherchais vs recherchés". 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 #259,293 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.