recourentvsrecourtConfusable pair

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“recourent” and “recourt” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,134
“recourent” frequency rank
#33,431
“recourt” frequency rank
77565
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recourent recourt
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recourir. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recourir.

Same sound, different letters: recourent vs recourt

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. recourent runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against recourt's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
recourent
7 ch
recourt

Ear matches; page differs - recourent and recourt

This is the hard kind. recourent and recourt are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kuʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recourent is recorded at frequency rank #44,134, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuʁ\. recourt is at rank #33,431, 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 77565, this pair ranks #28,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recourent vs recourt

Shared letters: ceortu. Private to "recourent": n. Private to "recourt": -.

"recourent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "recourt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recourentercourent · rceourent · reccourent · recoruent · recouernt · recourennt · recourentt · recouretn
  • recourtercourt · rceourt · reccourt · recorut · recourrt · recourtt · recoutr · recuort

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recourent" and "recourt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.kuʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "recourent" vs "recourt" - which ranks higher?
"recourt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,431 in our French list, against #44,134 for "recourent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recourt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recourent" and "recourt" 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 #28,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list