Which to use
“rencontrée” is an adjective and “rencontrer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,463
- “rencontrée” frequency rank
- #1,374
- “rencontrer” frequency rank
- 14837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rencontrée | rencontrer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rencontré. | Trouver en chemin une personne ou une chose. |
Same sound, different letters: rencontrée vs rencontrer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. rencontrée (CVCCVCCCVV) and rencontrer (CVCCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - rencontrée / rencontrer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rencontrée and rencontrer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14837, 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\. rencontrer is at rank #1,374, tagged as averb, 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 14837, this pair ranks #395,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rencontrée vs rencontrer
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "rencontrée": é. Private to "rencontrer": -.
"rencontrée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "rencontrer" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rencontrer ← erncontrer · recnontrer · renccontrer · rencnotrer · renconntrer · renconrter · renconterr · rencontrerr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rencontrée" and "rencontrer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rencontrée" or "rencontrer" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rencontrée" / "rencontrer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rencontrer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rencontrée" and "rencontrer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontrée vs rencontrerez". 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 #395,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.