Which to use
“récupérées” and “récupérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,953
- “récupérées” frequency rank
- #42,592
- “récupérez” frequency rank
- 70545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérées | récupérez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de récupérer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérées vs récupérez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. récupérées runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCVVC) against récupérez's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - récupérées and récupérez
This is the hard kind. récupérées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70545, 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\. 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 70545, this pair ranks #50,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of récupérées vs récupérez
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérées": s. Private to "récupérez": z.
"récupérées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "récupérez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récupérées" and "récupérez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "récupérées" or "récupérez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "récupérées" / "récupérez". 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 "récupérez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,913 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérées" and "récupérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérées vs repérées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,913 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.