Which to use
“recommencent” and “recommencer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,502
- “recommencent” frequency rank
- #6,432
- “recommencer” frequency rank
- 44934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommencent | recommencer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recommencer. | Commencer de nouveau à faire ce qu’on a déjà fait, commencer deux fois quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes recommencent and recommencer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. recommencent runs 12 letters (CVCVCCVCCVCC) against recommencer's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recommencent with recommencer
A purely visual mix-up. recommencent (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s\) and recommencer (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommencent is recorded at frequency rank #38,502, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s\. recommencer is at rank #6,432, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se\.
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 44934, this pair ranks #206,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommencent vs recommencer
Shared letters: cemnor. Private to "recommencent": t. Private to "recommencer": -.
"recommencent" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCC · "recommencer" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommencent ← ercommencent · rceommencent · reccommencent · recmomencent · recomemncent · recomencent · recommecnent · recommenccent
- recommencer ← ercommencer · rceommencer · reccommencer · recmomencer · recomemncer · recomencer · recommecner · recommenccer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recommencent" and "recommencer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recommencent" or "recommencer" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recommencent" and "recommencer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommencent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recommencer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommencent" and "recommencer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recommencent vs recommencera". 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 #206,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.