Which to use
“retrouvé” and “retrouvez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,197
- “retrouvé” frequency rank
- #4,281
- “retrouvez” frequency rank
- 6478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retrouvé | retrouvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de retrouver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retrouver. |
Same sound, different letters: retrouvé vs retrouvez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. retrouvé runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against retrouvez's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - retrouvé and retrouvez
This is the hard kind. retrouvé and retrouvez are pronounced identically (\ʁə.tʁu.ve\) and both work as averb. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retrouvé is recorded at frequency rank #2,197, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tʁu.ve\. retrouvez is at rank #4,281, 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 6478, this pair ranks #426,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retrouvé vs retrouvez
Shared letters: eortuv. Private to "retrouvé": é. Private to "retrouvez": z.
"retrouvé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "retrouvez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retrouvez ← ertrouvez · rertouvez · retoruvez · retrouevz · retrouvezz · retrouvvez · retrouvze · retrovuez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retrouvé" and "retrouvez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "retrouvé" or "retrouvez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "retrouvé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retrouvez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #426,118 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retrouvé" and "retrouvez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retrouverez vs retrouvez". 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 #426,118 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.