Which to use
“recommandées” and “recommandés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,978
- “recommandées” frequency rank
- #26,842
- “recommandés” frequency rank
- 59820
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandées | recommandés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de recommandé. | Masculin pluriel de recommandé. |
Same sound, different letters: recommandées vs recommandés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. recommandées runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVVC) against recommandés's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: recommandées vs recommandés
This is the hard kind. recommandées and recommandés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59820, 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\. 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 59820, this pair ranks #101,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recommandées vs recommandés
Shared letters: acdemnorsé. Private to "recommandées": -. Private to "recommandés": -.
"recommandées" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC · "recommandés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandées" and "recommandés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "recommandées" or "recommandés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "recommandées" / "recommandés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandées" 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 #101,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandées" and "recommandés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandées vs recommandons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #101,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.