Which to use
“récurrent” and “récurrents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,246
- “récurrent” frequency rank
- #19,672
- “récurrents” frequency rank
- 34918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récurrent | récurrents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui revient, qui réapparaît, qui est répétitif ou répété. | Masculin pluriel de récurrent. |
Same sound, different letters: récurrent vs récurrents
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: récurrent vs récurrents
This is the hard kind. récurrent and récurrents are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. 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 extra letter(s) - “récurrent” sits inside “récurrents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34918, 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\. récurrents is at rank #19,672, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃\.
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 34918, this pair ranks #280,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récurrent vs récurrents
Shared letters: cenrtué. Private to "récurrent": -. Private to "récurrents": s.
"récurrent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "récurrents" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récurrent" and "récurrents" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "récurrent" or "récurrents"?
After this comparison
"récurrent" and "récurrents" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récurrent" and "récurrents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recourent vs récurrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #280,461 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.