Which to use
“recommandent” is a verb and “recommandés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,001
- “recommandent” frequency rank
- #26,842
- “recommandés” frequency rank
- 49843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandent | recommandés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. | Masculin pluriel de recommandé. |
Where the eye mixes recommandent and recommandés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recommandent runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCC) against recommandés's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recommandent vs recommandés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recommandent is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\ while recommandés is \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommandent is recorded at frequency rank #23,001, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\. 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 49843, this pair ranks #167,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommandent vs recommandés
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommandent": t. Private to "recommandés": sé.
"recommandent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC · "recommandés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommandent ← ercommandent · rceommandent · reccommandent · recmomandent · recomamndent · recomandent · recommadnent · recommanddent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommandent" for "recommandés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recommandent" vs "recommandés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recommandent" and "recommandés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommandent" 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 #167,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandent" and "recommandés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandant vs recommandent". 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 #167,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.