Which to use
“recouvrent” is a verb and “récurrent” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,152
- “recouvrent” frequency rank
- #15,246
- “récurrent” frequency rank
- 41398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouvrent | récurrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe recouvrir. | Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété. |
Where the eye mixes recouvrent and récurrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recouvrent runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVCC) against récurrent's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recouvrent with récurrent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recouvrent is \ʁə.kuvʁ\ while récurrent is \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recouvrent is recorded at frequency rank #26,152, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuvʁ\. récurrent is at rank #15,246, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\.
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 41398, this pair ranks #233,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recouvrent vs récurrent
Shared letters: cenrtu. Private to "recouvrent": ov. Private to "récurrent": é.
"recouvrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "récurrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouvrent ← ercouvrent · rceouvrent · reccouvrent · recourvent · recouvernt · recouvrennt · recouvrentt · recouvretn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recouvrent" for "récurrent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "recouvrent" or "récurrent" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recouvrent" and "récurrent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouvrent" and "récurrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoupent vs recouvrent". 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 #233,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.