Which to use
“recommander” is a verb and “recommandés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,283
- “recommander” frequency rank
- #26,842
- “recommandés” frequency rank
- 38125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommander | recommandés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ordonner à quelqu’un, prier avec instance quelqu’un de faire quelque chose, lui donner à ce sujet des instructions précises. | Masculin pluriel de recommandé. |
Same sound, different letters: recommander vs recommandés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. recommander and recommandés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - recommander and recommandés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recommander and recommandés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommander is recorded at frequency rank #11,283, classified as averb, 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 38125, this pair ranks #257,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommander vs recommandés
Shared letters: acdemnor. Private to "recommander": -. Private to "recommandés": sé.
"recommander" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC · "recommandés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommander ← ercommander · rceommander · reccommander · recmomander · recomamnder · recomander · recommadner · recommandder
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recommander" and "recommandés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recommander" or "recommandés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommander" 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 #257,482 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommander" and "recommandés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommandés 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 #257,482 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.