Which to use
“recommandait” and “recommandent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,026
- “recommandait” frequency rank
- #23,001
- “recommandent” frequency rank
- 60027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandait | recommandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de recommander. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. |
Where the eye mixes recommandait and recommandent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommandait (CVCVCCVCCVVC) and recommandent (CVCVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recommandait vs recommandent
A purely visual mix-up. recommandait (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\) and recommandent (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\) 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 60027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommandait is recorded at frequency rank #37,026, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ\. recommandent is at rank #23,001, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\.
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 60027, this pair ranks #99,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recommandait vs recommandent
Shared letters: acdemnort. Private to "recommandait": i. Private to "recommandent": -.
"recommandait" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC · "recommandent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommandait ← ercommandait · rceommandait · reccommandait · recmomandait · recomamndait · recomandait · recommadnait · recommanadit
- recommandent ← ercommandent · rceommandent · reccommandent · recmomandent · recomamndent · recomandent · recommadnent · recommanddent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recommandait" and "recommandent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recommandait" or "recommandent" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandait" and "recommandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandait vs recommandant". 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 #99,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.