Which to use
“rencontrais” is a verb and “rencontrées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,685
- “rencontrais” frequency rank
- #12,852
- “rencontrées” frequency rank
- 57537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rencontrais | rencontrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rencontrer. | Féminin pluriel de rencontré. |
Where the eye mixes rencontrais and rencontrées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses rencontrais with rencontrées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rencontrais is \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ\ while rencontrées is \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rencontrais is recorded at frequency rank #44,685, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ\. rencontrées is at rank #12,852, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\.
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 57537, this pair ranks #114,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rencontrais vs rencontrées
Shared letters: cenorst. Private to "rencontrais": ai. Private to "rencontrées": é.
"rencontrais" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC · "rencontrées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rencontrais ← erncontrais · recnontrais · renccontrais · rencnotrais · renconntrais · renconrtais · rencontaris · rencontraiss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rencontrais" and "rencontrées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rencontrais" or "rencontrées"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontrais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rencontrais" and "rencontrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontraient vs rencontrais". 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 #114,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.