Which to use
“récupérée” and “récupérées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,377
- “récupérée” frequency rank
- #27,953
- “récupérées” frequency rank
- 52330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérée | récupérées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de récupérer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérée vs récupérées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. récupérée runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against récupérées's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - récupérée / récupérées
This is the hard kind. récupérée and récupérées are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “récupérée” sits inside “récupérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récupérée is recorded at frequency rank #24,377, classified as averb, 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 52330, this pair ranks #148,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupérée vs récupérées
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérée": -. Private to "récupérées": s.
"récupérée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "récupérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récupérée" and "récupérées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "récupérée" vs "récupérées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérée" 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 #148,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérée" and "récupérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérées vs repérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #148,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.