Which to use
“récupérée” and “récupérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,377
- “récupérée” frequency rank
- #21,458
- “récupérés” frequency rank
- 45835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérée | récupérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de récupérer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérée vs récupérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. récupérée (CVCVCVCVV) and récupérés (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - récupérée / récupérés
This is the hard kind. récupérée and récupérés 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 a single letter - e in “récupérée” becomes s in “récupérés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45835, 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\. récupérés is at rank #21,458, 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 45835, this pair ranks #199,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupérée vs récupérés
Shared letters: cprué. Private to "récupérée": e. Private to "récupérés": s.
"récupérée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "récupérés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récupérée" for "récupérés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "récupérée" or "récupérés"?
What to do next
"récupérée" and "récupérés" 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 "récupérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,661 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérée" and "récupérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérée vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #199,661 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.