Which to use
“recourent” and “redoutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,134
- “recourent” frequency rank
- #32,149
- “redoutent” frequency rank
- 76283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recourent | redoutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recourir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de redouter. |
Where the eye mixes recourent and redoutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recourent and redoutent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recourent with redoutent
A purely visual mix-up. recourent (\ʁə.kuʁ\) and redoutent (\ʁə.dut\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76283, 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\. redoutent is at rank #32,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.dut\.
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 76283, this pair ranks #31,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recourent vs redoutent
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "recourent": c. Private to "redoutent": d.
"recourent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "redoutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recourent" for "redoutent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recourent" or "redoutent"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recourent" and "redoutent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recourent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redoutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,570 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recourent" and "redoutent" 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 #31,570 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.