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

#33,431
“recourt” frequency rank
#46,402
“recouvré” frequency rank
79833
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recourt recouvré
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recourir. Participe passé masculin singulier de recouvrer.

Where the eye mixes recourt and recouvré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recourt runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against recouvré's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
recourt
8 ch
recouvré

Look-alike desk: recourt vs recouvré

A purely visual mix-up. recourt (\ʁə.kuʁ\) and recouvré (\ʁə.ku.vʁe\) 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 79833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recourt is recorded at frequency rank #33,431, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuʁ\. recouvré is at rank #46,402, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vʁe\.

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 79833, this pair ranks #22,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recourt vs recouvré

Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "recourt": t. Private to "recouvré": vé.

"recourt" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "recouvré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recourt ← ercourt · rceourt · reccourt · recorut · recourrt · recourtt · recoutr · recuort

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recourt" and "recouvré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.kuʁ\ versus \ʁə.ku.vʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recourt" vs "recouvré" - which ranks higher?
"recourt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,431 in our French list, against #46,402 for "recouvré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recourt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recouvré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,370 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recourt" and "recouvré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupe vs recouvré". 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 #22,370 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