Which to use
“récupérées” and “récupérer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,953
- “récupérées” frequency rank
- #2,335
- “récupérer” frequency rank
- 30288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérées | récupérer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de récupérer. | Recouvrer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérées vs récupérer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - récupérées / récupérer
This is the hard kind. récupérées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récupérées is recorded at frequency rank #27,953, 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 30288, this pair ranks #311,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupérées vs récupérer
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérées": s. Private to "récupérer": -.
"récupérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "récupérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récupérées" for "récupérer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "récupérées" vs "récupérer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "récupérées" / "récupérer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérées" 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 #311,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérées" and "récupérer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérées vs repérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #311,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.