Which to use
“recommande” is a verb and “recommandée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,524
- “recommande” frequency rank
- #16,719
- “recommandée” frequency rank
- 21243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommande | recommandée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. | Lettre recommandée. |
Where the eye mixes recommande and recommandée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommande runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against recommandée's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recommande vs recommandée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recommande is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\ while recommandée is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommande is recorded at frequency rank #4,524, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\. recommandée is at rank #16,719, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\.
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 21243, this pair ranks #364,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recommande vs recommandée
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommande": -. Private to "recommandée": é.
"recommande" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "recommandée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommande ← ercommande · rceommande · reccommande · recmomande · recomamnde · recomande · recommadne · recommandde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommande" for "recommandée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "recommande" or "recommandée" 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 "recommande" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,176 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommande" and "recommandée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandée vs recommandées". 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 #364,176 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.