Which to use
“recommande” and “recommandent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,524
- “recommande” frequency rank
- #23,001
- “recommandent” frequency rank
- 27525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommande | recommandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. |
Same sound, different letters: recommande vs recommandent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. recommande runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against recommandent's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - recommande / recommandent
This is the hard kind. recommande and recommandent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “recommande” sits inside “recommandent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27525, 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\. 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 27525, this pair ranks #328,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommande vs recommandent
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommande": -. Private to "recommandent": t.
"recommande" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "recommandent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommande ← ercommande · rceommande · reccommande · recmomande · recomamnde · recomande · recommadne · recommandde
- recommandent ← ercommandent · rceommandent · reccommandent · recmomandent · recomamndent · recomandent · recommadnent · recommanddent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recommande" and "recommandent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recommande" vs "recommandent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "recommande" / "recommandent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommande" 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 #328,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommande" and "recommandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandant vs recommandent". 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 #328,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.