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“rencontrerez” and “rencontrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,760
“rencontrerez” frequency rank
#19,967
“rencontrez” frequency rank
68727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rencontrerez rencontrez
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de rencontrer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rencontrer.

Where the eye mixes rencontrerez and rencontrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. rencontrerez runs 12 letters (CVCCVCCCVCVC) against rencontrez's 10 (CVCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch
rencontrerez
10 ch
rencontrez

Why the eye confuses rencontrerez with rencontrez

A purely visual mix-up. rencontrerez (\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe\) and rencontrez (\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rencontrerez is recorded at frequency rank #48,760, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe\. 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 68727, this pair ranks #57,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rencontrerez vs rencontrez

Shared letters: cenortz. Private to "rencontrerez": -. Private to "rencontrez": -.

"rencontrerez" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVCVC  ·  "rencontrez" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rencontrerez ← erncontrerez · recnontrerez · renccontrerez · rencnotrerez · renconntrerez · renconrterez · renconterrez · rencontreerz
  • rencontrez ← erncontrez · recnontrez · renccontrez · rencnotrez · renconntrez · renconrtez · renconterz · rencontrezz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rencontrerez" for "rencontrez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe\ versus \ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rencontrerez" or "rencontrez"?
"rencontrez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,967 in our French list, against #48,760 for "rencontrerez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "rencontrerez" and "rencontrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rencontrerez" 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 #57,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rencontrerez" and "rencontrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rencontrèrent 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 #57,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list