Which to use
“récurrent” and “récurrentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,246
- “récurrent” frequency rank
- #25,800
- “récurrentes” frequency rank
- 41046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récurrent | récurrentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété. | Féminin pluriel de récurrent. |
Where the eye mixes récurrent and récurrentes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: récurrent vs récurrentes
A purely visual mix-up. récurrent (\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\) and récurrentes (\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “récurrent” sits inside “récurrentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récurrent is recorded at frequency rank #15,246, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\. récurrentes is at rank #25,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 41046, this pair ranks #235,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récurrent vs récurrentes
Shared letters: cenrtué. Private to "récurrent": -. Private to "récurrentes": s.
"récurrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "récurrentes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récurrent" and "récurrentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "récurrent" or "récurrentes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "récurrent" and "récurrentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récurrent" and "récurrentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récurrence vs récurrentes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #235,948 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.