Which to use
“recouvré” and “recouvrir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,402
- “recouvré” frequency rank
- #18,851
- “recouvrir” frequency rank
- 65253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouvré | recouvrir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de recouvrer. | Couvrir de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes recouvré and recouvrir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recouvré runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against recouvrir's 9 (CVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recouvré and recouvrir
A purely visual mix-up. recouvré (\ʁə.ku.vʁe\) and recouvrir (\ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ\) 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 65253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recouvré is recorded at frequency rank #46,402, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vʁe\. recouvrir is at rank #18,851, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ\.
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 65253, this pair ranks #73,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recouvré vs recouvrir
Shared letters: ceoruv. Private to "recouvré": é. Private to "recouvrir": i.
"recouvré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "recouvrir" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouvrir ← ercouvrir · rceouvrir · reccouvrir · recourvir · recouvirr · recouvrirr · recouvrri · recouvrrir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recouvré" for "recouvrir" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "recouvré" or "recouvrir" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recouvré" and "recouvrir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouvré" and "recouvrir" 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 #73,161 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.