Which to use
“rencontrée” is an adjective and “rencontrez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,463
- “rencontrée” frequency rank
- #19,967
- “rencontrez” frequency rank
- 33430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rencontrée | rencontrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de rencontré. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rencontrer. |
Same sound, different letters: rencontrée vs rencontrez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - rencontrée and rencontrez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rencontrée and rencontrez 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 33430, 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\. rencontrez is at rank #19,967, 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 33430, this pair ranks #290,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rencontrée vs rencontrez
Shared letters: cenort. Private to "rencontrée": é. Private to "rencontrez": z.
"rencontrée" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV · "rencontrez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rencontrez ← erncontrez · recnontrez · renccontrez · rencnotrez · renconntrez · renconrtez · renconterz · rencontrezz
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rencontrée" and "rencontrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rencontrée" or "rencontrez"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "rencontrée" / "rencontrez". 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 "rencontrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #290,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rencontrée" and "rencontrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontrerez vs rencontrez". 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 #290,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.