Which to use
“recoupe” is a noun and “recruté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,567
- “recoupe” frequency rank
- #10,930
- “recruté” frequency rank
- 53497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoupe | recruté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Morceaux d’étoffe qui restent quand on taille des vêtements. | Participe passé masculin singulier de recruter. |
Where the eye mixes recoupe and recruté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recoupe (CVCVVCV) and recruté (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recoupe vs recruté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recoupe is \ʁə.kup\ while recruté is \ʁə.kʁy.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoupe is recorded at frequency rank #42,567, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kup\. recruté is at rank #10,930, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁy.te\.
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 53497, this pair ranks #140,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recoupe vs recruté
Shared letters: ceru. Private to "recoupe": op. Private to "recruté": té.
"recoupe" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "recruté" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoupe ← ercoupe · rceoupe · reccoupe · recopue · recouep · recouppe · recuope · reocupe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recoupe" for "recruté" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recoupe" or "recruté"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recoupe" and "recruté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recoupe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recruté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoupe" and "recruté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupe vs recouper". 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 #140,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.