Which to use
“recommandée” is a noun and “recommander” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,719
- “recommandée” frequency rank
- #11,283
- “recommander” frequency rank
- 28002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandée | recommander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lettre recommandée. | Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises. |
Same sound, different letters: recommandée vs recommander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. recommandée (CVCVCCVCCVV) and recommander (CVCVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - recommandée and recommander
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recommandée and recommander carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, 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 28002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommandée is recorded at frequency rank #16,719, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. 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 28002, this pair ranks #325,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandée vs recommander
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommandée": é. Private to "recommander": -.
"recommandée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV · "recommander" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommander ← ercommander · rceommander · reccommander · recmomander · recomamnder · recomander · recommadner · recommandder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandée" and "recommander" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recommandée" or "recommander"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandée" 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 #325,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandée" and "recommander" 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 #325,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.