Which to use
“récupérée” and “récupérer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,377
- “récupérée” frequency rank
- #2,335
- “récupérer” frequency rank
- 26712
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérée | récupérer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de récupérer. | Recouvrer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérée vs récupérer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. récupérée (CVCVCVCVV) and récupérer (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: récupérée vs récupérer
This is the hard kind. récupérée and récupérer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26712, 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\. récupérer is at rank #2,335, 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 26712, this pair ranks #333,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of récupérée vs récupérer
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérée": -. Private to "récupérer": -.
"récupérée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "récupérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récupérée" and "récupérer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "récupérée" or "récupérer" show up more?
After this comparison
"récupérée" and "récupérer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,287 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérée" and "récupérer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérée vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,287 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.