Which to use
“recrutée” is a verb and “recruteur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,028
- “recrutée” frequency rank
- #21,137
- “recruteur” frequency rank
- 58165
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recrutée | recruteur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de recruter. | Personne qui recrute. |
Where the eye mixes recrutée and recruteur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recrutée runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against recruteur's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recrutée and recruteur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recrutée is \ʁə.kʁy.te\ while recruteur is \ʁə.kʁy.tœʁ\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58165, 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\. recruteur is at rank #21,137, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kʁy.tœʁ\.
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 58165, this pair ranks #110,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recrutée vs recruteur
Shared letters: certu. Private to "recrutée": é. Private to "recruteur": -.
"recrutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV · "recruteur" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recruteur ← ercruteur · rceruteur · reccruteur · recrruteur · recrtueur · recruetur · recruteru · recruteurr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recrutée" for "recruteur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recrutée" or "recruteur"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recruteur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,652 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recrutée" and "recruteur" 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 #110,652 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.