Which to use
“recrutent” and “recrutons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,339
- “recrutent” frequency rank
- #47,561
- “recrutons” frequency rank
- 70900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recrutent | recrutons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recruter. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de recruter. |
Where the eye mixes recrutent and recrutons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recrutent and recrutons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recrutent vs recrutons
A purely visual mix-up. recrutent (\ʁə.kʁyt\) and recrutons (\ʁə.kʁy.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70900, 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\. recrutons is at rank #47,561, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁy.tɔ̃\.
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 70900, this pair ranks #49,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recrutent vs recrutons
Shared letters: cenrtu. Private to "recrutent": -. Private to "recrutons": os.
"recrutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "recrutons" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recrutent" for "recrutons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recrutent" or "recrutons"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recrutons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recrutent" and "recrutons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recrutant 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 #49,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.