Which to use
“récupéré” is an adjective and “récupérées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,025
- “récupéré” frequency rank
- #27,953
- “récupérées” frequency rank
- 33978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupéré | récupérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est issu de la récupération. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupéré vs récupérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Homophone desk: récupéré vs récupérées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: récupéré and récupérées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “récupéré” sits inside “récupérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récupéré is recorded at frequency rank #6,025, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\. récupérées is at rank #27,953, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\.
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 33978, this pair ranks #286,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupéré vs récupérées
Shared letters: cprué. Private to "récupéré": -. Private to "récupérées": es.
"récupéré" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "récupérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récupéré" and "récupérées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "récupéré" or "récupérées" 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 "récupéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupéré" and "récupérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérées vs repérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #286,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.