Which to use
“recommencer” and “recommencera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,432
- “recommencer” frequency rank
- #40,954
- “recommencera” frequency rank
- 47386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recommencer | recommencera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commencer de nouveau à faire ce qu’on a déjà fait, commencer deux fois quelque chose. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de recommencer. |
Where the eye mixes recommencer and recommencera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. recommencer runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVCCVC) against recommencera's 12 (CVCVCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recommencer vs recommencera
A purely visual mix-up. recommencer (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se\) and recommencera (\ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁa\) 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 extra letter(s) - “recommencer” sits inside “recommencera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recommencer is recorded at frequency rank #6,432, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se\. recommencera is at rank #40,954, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁa\.
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 47386, this pair ranks #187,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recommencer vs recommencera
Shared letters: cemnor. Private to "recommencer": -. Private to "recommencera": a.
"recommencer" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC · "recommencera" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recommencer ← ercommencer · rceommencer · reccommencer · recmomencer · recomemncer · recomencer · recommecner · recommenccer
- recommencera ← ercommencera · rceommencera · reccommencera · recmomencera · recomemncera · recomencera · recommecnera · recommenccera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recommencer" for "recommencera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recommencer" or "recommencera"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recommencer" and "recommencera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recommencer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recommencera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recommencer" and "recommencera" 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 #187,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.