Which to use
“rencontre” and “rencontres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #590
- “rencontre” frequency rank
- #2,014
- “rencontres” frequency rank
- 2604
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rencontre | rencontres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hasard, occasion qui fait trouver fortuitement une personne, une chose. | Pluriel de rencontre. |
Same sound, different letters: rencontre vs rencontres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rencontre and rencontres
This is the hard kind. rencontre and rencontres are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “rencontre” sits inside “rencontres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rencontre is recorded at frequency rank #590, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\. rencontres is at rank #2,014, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ\.
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 2604, this pair ranks #435,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rencontre vs rencontres
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "rencontre": -. Private to "rencontres": s.
"rencontre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV · "rencontres" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rencontre ← erncontre · recnontre · renccontre · rencnotre · renconntre · renconrte · renconter · rencontrre
- rencontres ← erncontres · recnontres · renccontres · rencnotres · renconntres · renconrtes · renconters · rencontress
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rencontre" and "rencontres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "rencontre" or "rencontres"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rencontre" / "rencontres". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rencontre" and "rencontres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontrais vs rencontres". 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 #435,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.