Which to use
“recommandées” is an adjective and “recommander” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,978
- “recommandées” frequency rank
- #11,283
- “recommander” frequency rank
- 44261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandées | recommander |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de recommandé. | 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: recommandées vs recommander
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. recommandées runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVVC) against recommander's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: recommandées vs recommander
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recommandées and recommander carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44261, 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\. 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 44261, this pair ranks #211,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandées vs recommander
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommandées": sé. Private to "recommander": -.
"recommandées" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC · "recommander" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommander ← ercommander · rceommander · reccommander · recmomander · recomamnder · recomander · recommadner · recommandder
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandées" and "recommander" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recommandées" or "recommander"?
What to do next
"recommandées" and "recommander" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandées" 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 #211,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandées" and "recommander" 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 #211,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.