Which to use
“recommande” and “recommander” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,524
- “recommande” frequency rank
- #11,283
- “recommander” frequency rank
- 15807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommande | recommander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. | Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises. |
Where the eye mixes recommande and recommander
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommande runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against recommander's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recommande vs recommander
A purely visual mix-up. recommande (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\) and recommander (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recommande” sits inside “recommander”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15807, 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\. recommander is at rank #11,283, tagged as averb, 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 15807, this pair ranks #390,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recommande vs recommander
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommande": -. Private to "recommander": -.
"recommande" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "recommander" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommande ← ercommande · rceommande · reccommande · recmomande · recomamnde · recomande · recommadne · recommandde
- recommander ← ercommander · rceommander · reccommander · recmomander · recomamnder · recomander · recommadner · recommandder
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommande" for "recommander" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recommande" or "recommander"?
What to do next
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 "recommander" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #390,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommande" and "recommander" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandées vs recommander". 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 #390,766 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.