Which to use
“recouper” and “réécouter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,753
- “recouper” frequency rank
- #38,033
- “réécouter” frequency rank
- 86786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouper | réécouter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Couper de nouveau. | Écouter à nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes recouper and réécouter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: recouper vs réécouter
A purely visual mix-up. recouper (\ʁə.ku.pe\) and réécouter (\ʁe.e.ku.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86786, 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\. réécouter is at rank #38,033, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.e.ku.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 86786, this pair ranks #9,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recouper vs réécouter
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "recouper": p. Private to "réécouter": té.
"recouper" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "réécouter" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouper ← ercouper · rceouper · reccouper · recopuer · recouepr · recouperr · recoupper · recoupre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recouper" and "réécouter" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recouper" vs "réécouter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "réécouter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouper" and "réécouter" 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 #9,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.