Which to use
“recycler” and “recyclés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,392
- “recycler” frequency rank
- #34,279
- “recyclés” frequency rank
- 56671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recycler | recyclés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre dans un nouveau cycle. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de recycler. |
Same sound, different letters: recycler vs recyclés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. recycler and recyclés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - recycler and recyclés
This is the hard kind. recycler and recyclés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.si.kle\) 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 56671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recycler is recorded at frequency rank #22,392, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.si.kle\. recyclés is at rank #34,279, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.si.kle\.
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 56671, this pair ranks #119,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recycler vs recyclés
Shared letters: celry. Private to "recycler": -. Private to "recyclés": sé.
"recycler" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "recyclés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recycler ← ercycler · rceycler · reccycler · reccyler · recyccler · recycelr · recyclerr · recycller
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recycler" for "recyclés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recycler" or "recyclés"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recycler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recyclés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,637 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recycler" and "recyclés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reculés vs recyclés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #119,637 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.