Which to use
“reconnue” and “reconnues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,177
- “reconnue” frequency rank
- #11,284
- “reconnues” frequency rank
- 16461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reconnue | reconnues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de reconnu. | Féminin pluriel de reconnu. |
Same sound, different letters: reconnue vs reconnues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. reconnue runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against reconnues's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - reconnue and reconnues
This is the hard kind. reconnue and reconnues are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kɔ.ny\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reconnue” sits inside “reconnues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reconnue is recorded at frequency rank #5,177, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.ny\. reconnues is at rank #11,284, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.ny\.
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 16461, this pair ranks #387,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reconnue vs reconnues
Shared letters: cenoru. Private to "reconnue": -. Private to "reconnues": s.
"reconnue" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "reconnues" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reconnue" for "reconnues" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reconnue" or "reconnues"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "reconnue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reconnues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reconnue" and "reconnues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reconnue vs redonné". 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 #387,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.