Which to use
“recouper” is a verb and “récupéré” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,753
- “recouper” frequency rank
- #6,025
- “récupéré” frequency rank
- 54778
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouper | récupéré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper de nouveau. | Qui est issu de la récupération. |
Where the eye mixes recouper and récupéré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recouper (CVCVVCVC) and récupéré (CVCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recouper vs récupéré
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recouper is \ʁə.ku.pe\ while récupéré is \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54778, 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\. récupéré is at rank #6,025, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\.
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 54778, this pair ranks #131,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recouper vs récupéré
Shared letters: cpru. Private to "recouper": eo. Private to "récupéré": é.
"recouper" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "récupéré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouper ← ercouper · rceouper · reccouper · recopuer · recouepr · recouperr · recoupper · recoupre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recouper" and "récupéré" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recouper" vs "récupéré" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouper" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récupéré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouper" and "récupéré" 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 #131,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.