Which to use
“récurrente” and “récurrentes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,977
- “récurrente” frequency rank
- #25,800
- “récurrentes” frequency rank
- 45777
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récurrente | récurrentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de récurrent. | Féminin pluriel de récurrent. |
Same sound, different letters: récurrente vs récurrentes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. récurrente runs 10 letters (CVCVCCVCCV) against récurrentes's 11 (CVCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - récurrente and récurrentes
This is the hard kind. récurrente and récurrentes are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃t\) 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) - “récurrente” sits inside “récurrentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récurrente is recorded at frequency rank #19,977, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ky.ʁɑ̃t\. 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 45777, this pair ranks #200,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récurrente vs récurrentes
Shared letters: cenrtué. Private to "récurrente": -. Private to "récurrentes": s.
"récurrente" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV · "récurrentes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récurrente" for "récurrentes" ever safe?
Which is more common, "récurrente" or "récurrentes"?
After this comparison
"récurrente" and "récurrentes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "récurrente" 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 #200,125 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récurrente" and "récurrentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récurrence vs récurrentes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #200,125 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.