Which to use
“recoucher” and “recouvrer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,145
- “recoucher” frequency rank
- #27,933
- “recouvrer” frequency rank
- 76078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoucher | recouvrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coucher de nouveau ; remettre au lit. | Retrouver, rentrer en possession ; acquérir de nouveau une chose qu’on avait perdue. |
Where the eye mixes recoucher and recouvrer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recoucher and recouvrer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recoucher and recouvrer
A purely visual mix-up. recoucher (\ʁə.ku.ʃe\) and recouvrer (\ʁə.ku.vʁe\) 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 76078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoucher is recorded at frequency rank #48,145, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.ʃe\. recouvrer is at rank #27,933, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vʁe\.
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 76078, this pair ranks #32,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recoucher vs recouvrer
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "recoucher": h. Private to "recouvrer": v.
"recoucher" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "recouvrer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recoucher" for "recouvrer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recoucher" vs "recouvrer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recoucher" and "recouvrer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recoucher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,157 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoucher" and "recouvrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoucher vs recracher". 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 #32,157 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.