Which to use
“recrutée” and “recrutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,028
- “recrutée” frequency rank
- #23,339
- “recrutent” frequency rank
- 60367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recrutée | recrutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de recruter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recruter. |
Where the eye mixes recrutée and recrutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recrutée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against recrutent's 9 (CVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recrutée and recrutent
A purely visual mix-up. recrutée (\ʁə.kʁy.te\) and recrutent (\ʁə.kʁyt\) 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 60367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recrutée is recorded at frequency rank #37,028, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁy.te\. recrutent is at rank #23,339, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁyt\.
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 60367, this pair ranks #97,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recrutée vs recrutent
Shared letters: certu. Private to "recrutée": é. Private to "recrutent": n.
"recrutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "recrutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recrutent ← ercrutent · rcerutent · reccrutent · recrrutent · recrtuent · recruetnt · recrutennt · recrutentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recrutée" and "recrutent" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recrutée" or "recrutent" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recrutée" and "recrutent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,962 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recrutée" and "recrutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs recrutée". 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 #97,962 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.