recommandées vs recommandés, What's the Difference?

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set recommandées and recommandés apart are highlighted. They share 11 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

12 ch

recommandées

11 ch

recommandés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

recommandées#32,978

recommandés#26,842

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recommandées" and "recommandés" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "recommandées" or "recommandés"?

"recommandés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,842 in our French list, against #32,978 for "recommandées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering recommandées vs recommandés

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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