Which to use
“recommandées” is an adjective and “recommandent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,978
- “recommandées” frequency rank
- #23,001
- “recommandent” frequency rank
- 55979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandées | recommandent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de recommandé. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. |
Where the eye mixes recommandées and recommandent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommandées (CVCVCCVCCVVC) and recommandent (CVCVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses recommandées with recommandent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recommandées is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\ while recommandent is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommandées is recorded at frequency rank #32,978, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. 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 55979, this pair ranks #123,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandées vs recommandent
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommandées": sé. Private to "recommandent": t.
"recommandées" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC · "recommandent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommandent ← ercommandent · rceommandent · reccommandent · recmomandent · recomamndent · recomandent · recommadnent · recommanddent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommandées" for "recommandent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recommandées" vs "recommandent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recommandées" and "recommandent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandées" 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 #123,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandées" and "recommandent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandées vs recommandons". 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 #123,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.