Which to use
“récupérer” and “récupérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,335
- “récupérer” frequency rank
- #42,592
- “récupérez” frequency rank
- 44927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérer | récupérez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recouvrer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérer vs récupérez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. récupérer and récupérez 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 récupérez
This is the hard kind. récupérer 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 a single letter - r in “récupérer” becomes z in “récupérez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44927, 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\. 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 44927, this pair ranks #206,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récupérer vs récupérez
Shared letters: ceprué. Private to "récupérer": -. Private to "récupérez": z.
"récupérer" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "récupérez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récupérer" for "récupérez" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "récupérer" 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 #206,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérer" and "récupérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupèrent vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #206,741 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.