Which to use
“recommandées” is an adjective and “recommandons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,978
- “recommandées” frequency rank
- #37,999
- “recommandons” frequency rank
- 70977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandées | recommandons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de recommandé. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. |
Where the eye mixes recommandées and recommandons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommandées (CVCVCCVCCVVC) and recommandons (CVCVCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recommandées vs recommandons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recommandées is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\ while recommandons is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 70977, 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\. recommandons is at rank #37,999, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃\.
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 70977, this pair ranks #49,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recommandées vs recommandons
Shared letters: acdemnors. Private to "recommandées": é. Private to "recommandons": -.
"recommandées" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVVC · "recommandons" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommandons ← ercommandons · rceommandons · reccommandons · recmomandons · recomamndons · recomandons · recommadnons · recommanddons
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommandées" and "recommandons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recommandées" or "recommandons" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recommandées" and "recommandons" 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 "recommandons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,273 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandées" and "recommandons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandant 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 #49,273 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.