Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recourent" and "recourt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recourent" vs "recourt" - which ranks higher?
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.