Which to use
“récupérées” and “récupérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,953
- “récupérées” frequency rank
- #21,458
- “récupérés” frequency rank
- 49411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérées | récupérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de récupérer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérées vs récupérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. récupérées runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against récupérés's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - récupérées / récupérés
This is the hard kind. récupérées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49411, 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\. 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 49411, this pair ranks #170,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupérées vs récupérés
Shared letters: cprsué. Private to "récupérées": e. Private to "récupérés": -.
"récupérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "récupérés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récupérées" and "récupérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "récupérées" or "récupérés" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "récupérées" / "récupérés". 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 "récupérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérées" and "récupérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérées vs repérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #170,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.