Which to use
“recoucher” and “retouchée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,145
- “recoucher” frequency rank
- #48,160
- “retouchée” frequency rank
- 96305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoucher | retouchée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coucher de nouveau ; remettre au lit. | Participe passé féminin singulier de retoucher. |
Where the eye mixes recoucher and retouchée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recoucher (CVCVVCCVC) and retouchée (CVCVVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between recoucher and retouchée
A purely visual mix-up. recoucher (\ʁə.ku.ʃe\) and retouchée (\ʁə.tu.ʃe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 96305, 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\. retouchée is at rank #48,160, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tu.ʃe\.
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 96305, this pair ranks #729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recoucher vs retouchée
Shared letters: cehoru. Private to "recoucher": -. Private to "retouchée": té.
"recoucher" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "retouchée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoucher ← ercoucher · rceoucher · reccoucher · recocuher · recouccher · recoucehr · recoucherr · recouchher
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recoucher" and "retouchée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recoucher" or "retouchée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recoucher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retouchée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoucher" and "retouchée" 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 #729 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.