Which to use
“recommandent” and “recommandons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,001
- “recommandent” frequency rank
- #37,999
- “recommandons” frequency rank
- 61000
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommandent | recommandons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommander. |
Where the eye mixes recommandent and recommandons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommandent and recommandons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recommandent with recommandons
A purely visual mix-up. recommandent (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d\) and recommandons (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61000, 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\. 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 61000, this pair ranks #94,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recommandent vs recommandons
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommandent": t. Private to "recommandons": s.
"recommandent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC · "recommandons" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommandent ← ercommandent · rceommandent · reccommandent · recmomandent · recomamndent · recomandent · recommadnent · recommanddent
- recommandons ← ercommandons · rceommandons · reccommandons · recmomandons · recomamndons · recomandons · recommadnons · recommanddons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommandent" for "recommandons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recommandent" vs "recommandons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recommandent" and "recommandons" 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 "recommandons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,612 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommandent" 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 #94,612 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.