Which to use
“recrutée” and “recruter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,028
- “recrutée” frequency rank
- #7,229
- “recruter” frequency rank
- 44257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recrutée | recruter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de recruter. | Lever des hommes pour le service militaire. |
Same sound, different letters: recrutée vs recruter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. recrutée (CVCCVCVV) and recruter (CVCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: recrutée vs recruter
This is the hard kind. recrutée and recruter are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kʁy.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44257, 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\. recruter is at rank #7,229, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁy.te\.
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 44257, this pair ranks #211,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recrutée vs recruter
Shared letters: certu. Private to "recrutée": é. Private to "recruter": -.
"recrutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "recruter" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recruter ← ercruter · rceruter · reccruter · recrruter · recrtuer · recruetr · recruterr · recrutre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recrutée" for "recruter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "recrutée" or "recruter" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recruter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #211,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recrutée" and "recruter" 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 #211,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.