Which to use
“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.
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?
Frequency check: "recourt" vs "recouvré" - which ranks higher?
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.