Which to use
“reconnaissent” and “reconnaissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,609
- “reconnaissent” frequency rank
- #28,711
- “reconnaissons” frequency rank
- 37320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reconnaissent | reconnaissons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre). | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de reconnaître (ou reconnaitre). |
Where the eye mixes reconnaissent and reconnaissons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. reconnaissent and reconnaissons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reconnaissent with reconnaissons
A purely visual mix-up. reconnaissent (\ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\) and reconnaissons (\ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃\) 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 37320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reconnaissent is recorded at frequency rank #8,609, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.nɛs\. reconnaissons is at rank #28,711, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃\.
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 37320, this pair ranks #263,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reconnaissent vs reconnaissons
Shared letters: aceinors. Private to "reconnaissent": t. Private to "reconnaissons": -.
"reconnaissent" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVCC · "reconnaissons" · 13 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reconnaissent ← erconnaissent · rceonnaissent · recconnaissent · recnonaissent · reconaissent · reconanissent · reconnaisent · reconnaisesnt
- reconnaissons ← erconnaissons · rceonnaissons · recconnaissons · recnonaissons · reconaissons · reconanissons · reconnaisons · reconnaisosns
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reconnaissent" and "reconnaissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reconnaissent" or "reconnaissons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reconnaissent" and "reconnaissons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reconnaissent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reconnaissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,261 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reconnaissent" and "reconnaissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reconnaissants vs reconnaissons". 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 #263,261 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.