Which to use
“retrouva” and “retrouver” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,839
- “retrouva” frequency rank
- #829
- “retrouver” frequency rank
- 21668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retrouva | retrouver |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de retrouver. | Revenir en contact avec quelqu'un ou quelque chose dont on avait été séparé, qu'on avait perdu ou qu'on avait oublié. |
Where the eye mixes retrouva and retrouver
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. retrouva runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against retrouver's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: retrouva vs retrouver
A purely visual mix-up. retrouva (\ʁe.tʁu.va\) and retrouver (\ʁə.tʁu.ve\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retrouva is recorded at frequency rank #20,839, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.tʁu.va\. retrouver is at rank #829, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tʁu.ve\.
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 21668, this pair ranks #362,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retrouva vs retrouver
Shared letters: eortuv. Private to "retrouva": a. Private to "retrouver": -.
"retrouva" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "retrouver" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "retrouva" for "retrouver" ever safe?
Frequency check: "retrouva" vs "retrouver" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "retrouva" and "retrouver" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retrouva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retrouver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retrouva" and "retrouver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retrouva vs retrouvais". 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 #362,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.