Which to use
“recommandée” is a noun and “recommandés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,719
- “recommandée” frequency rank
- #26,842
- “recommandés” frequency rank
- 43561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandée | recommandés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lettre recommandée. | Masculin pluriel de recommandé. |
Same sound, different letters: recommandée vs recommandés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. recommandée (CVCVCCVCCVV) and recommandés (CVCVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - recommandée / recommandés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recommandée and recommandés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “recommandée” becomes s in “recommandés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43561, 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\. recommandés is at rank #26,842, tagged as anadj, 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 43561, this pair ranks #217,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandée vs recommandés
Shared letters: acdemnoré. Private to "recommandée": -. Private to "recommandés": s.
"recommandée" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVV · "recommandés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandée" and "recommandés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recommandée" vs "recommandés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "recommandés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandée" and "recommandés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandés vs recommandons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #217,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.