Which to use
“rencontrée” and “rencontrées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,463
- “rencontrée” frequency rank
- #12,852
- “rencontrées” frequency rank
- 26315
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rencontrée | rencontrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rencontré. | Féminin pluriel de rencontré. |
Same sound, different letters: rencontrée vs rencontrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. rencontrée runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCCVV) against rencontrées's 11 (CVCCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - rencontrée / rencontrées
This is the hard kind. rencontrée and rencontrées are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\) 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) - “rencontrée” sits inside “rencontrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rencontrée is recorded at frequency rank #13,463, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\. 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 26315, this pair ranks #335,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rencontrée vs rencontrées
Shared letters: cenorté. Private to "rencontrée": -. Private to "rencontrées": s.
"rencontrée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "rencontrées" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rencontrée" and "rencontrées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rencontrée" or "rencontrées"?
Useful next steps
"rencontrée" and "rencontrées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontrée" 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 #335,789 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rencontrée" and "rencontrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontrée vs rencontrerez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #335,789 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.