Which to use
“recrutent” and “recrutés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,339
- “recrutent” frequency rank
- #18,036
- “recrutés” frequency rank
- 41375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recrutent | recrutés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recruter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de recruter. |
Where the eye mixes recrutent and recrutés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recrutent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against recrutés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recrutent vs recrutés
A purely visual mix-up. recrutent (\ʁə.kʁyt\) and recrutés (\ʁə.kʁy.te\) 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 41375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recrutent is recorded at frequency rank #23,339, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁyt\. recrutés is at rank #18,036, 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 41375, this pair ranks #233,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recrutent vs recrutés
Shared letters: certu. Private to "recrutent": n. Private to "recrutés": sé.
"recrutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "recrutés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recrutent ← ercrutent · rcerutent · reccrutent · recrrutent · recrtuent · recruetnt · recrutennt · recrutentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recrutent" and "recrutés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recrutent" or "recrutés"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recrutent" and "recrutés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recrutent vs recrutons". 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 #233,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.