Which to use
“recourant” is a noun and “recourent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,863
- “recourant” frequency rank
- #44,134
- “recourent” frequency rank
- 77997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recourant | recourent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui introduit un recours en droit administratif ou auprès du Tribunal fédéral. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recourir. |
Where the eye mixes recourant and recourent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recourant and recourent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recourant vs recourent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recourant is \ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\ while recourent is \ʁə.kuʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “recourant” becomes e in “recourent”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recourant is recorded at frequency rank #33,863, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.ku.ʁɑ̃\. recourent is at rank #44,134, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuʁ\.
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 77997, this pair ranks #26,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recourant vs recourent
Shared letters: cenortu. Private to "recourant": a. Private to "recourent": -.
"recourant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "recourent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recourant" for "recourent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recourant" vs "recourent" - 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 "recourant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recourent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recourant" and "recourent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupent vs recourent". 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 #26,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.