Which to use
“récupérée” and “récupérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,377
- “récupérée” frequency rank
- #42,592
- “récupérez” frequency rank
- 66969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérée | récupérez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de récupérer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérée vs récupérez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. récupérée (CVCVCVCVV) and récupérez (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - récupérée / récupérez
This is the hard kind. récupérée and récupérez 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 66969, 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\. récupérez is at rank #42,592, 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 66969, this pair ranks #65,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of récupérée vs récupérez
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérée": -. Private to "récupérez": z.
"récupérée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "récupérez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récupérée" and "récupérez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "récupérée" or "récupérez" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "récupérée" / "récupérez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérée" and "récupérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupèrent vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #65,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.