Which to use
“recouper” and “recourir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,753
- “recouper” frequency rank
- #9,547
- “recourir” frequency rank
- 58300
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouper | recourir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper de nouveau. | Courir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes recouper and recourir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recouper and recourir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recouper vs recourir
A purely visual mix-up. recouper (\ʁə.ku.pe\) and recourir (\ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\) 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 58300, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recouper is recorded at frequency rank #48,753, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.pe\. recourir is at rank #9,547, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.ʁiʁ\.
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 58300, this pair ranks #109,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recouper vs recourir
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "recouper": p. Private to "recourir": i.
"recouper" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "recourir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recouper" and "recourir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recouper" vs "recourir" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recouper" and "recourir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recourir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,870 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouper" and "recourir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoucher 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 #109,870 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.