Which to use
“récupérer” and “récupérés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,335
- “récupérer” frequency rank
- #21,458
- “récupérés” frequency rank
- 23793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérer | récupérés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvrer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérer vs récupérés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. récupérer and récupérés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - récupérer and récupérés
This is the hard kind. récupérer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récupérer is recorded at frequency rank #2,335, 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 23793, this pair ranks #350,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of récupérer vs récupérés
Shared letters: cprué. Private to "récupérer": e. Private to "récupérés": s.
"récupérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "récupérés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récupérer" and "récupérés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "récupérer" vs "récupérés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"récupérer" and "récupérés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérer" 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 #350,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérer" and "récupérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupérés vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #350,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.