récupéréesvsrécupérerConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
récupérées
9 ch
récupérer

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.ky.pe.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "récupérées" vs "récupérer" - which ranks higher?
"récupérer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,335 in our French list, against #27,953 for "récupérées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list