Which to use
“récupérés” and “récupérez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,458
- “récupérés” frequency rank
- #42,592
- “récupérez” frequency rank
- 64050
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récupérés | récupérez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récupérer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récupérer. |
Same sound, different letters: récupérés vs récupérez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. récupérés 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 - récupérés and récupérez
This is the hard kind. récupérés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64050, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récupérés is recorded at frequency rank #21,458, 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 64050, this pair ranks #78,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of récupérés vs récupérez
Shared letters: cprué. Private to "récupérés": s. Private to "récupérez": ez.
"récupérés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "récupérez" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "récupérés" 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 #78,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récupérés" and "récupérez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récupèrent vs récupérez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #78,927 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.