Which to use
“retrouver” and “retrouvez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #829
- “retrouver” frequency rank
- #4,281
- “retrouvez” frequency rank
- 5110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retrouver | retrouvez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Revenir en contact avec quelqu'un ou quelque chose dont on avait été séparé, qu'on avait perdu ou qu'on avait oublié. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retrouver. |
Same sound, different letters: retrouver vs retrouvez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. retrouver and retrouvez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - retrouver / retrouvez
This is the hard kind. retrouver 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 a single letter - r in “retrouver” becomes z in “retrouvez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retrouver is recorded at frequency rank #829, 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 5110, this pair ranks #429,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of retrouver vs retrouvez
Shared letters: eortuv. Private to "retrouver": -. Private to "retrouvez": z.
"retrouver" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC · "retrouvez" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "retrouver" and "retrouvez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "retrouver" vs "retrouvez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "retrouver" 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 #429,876 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retrouver" and "retrouvez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retrouver vs retrouveras". 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 #429,876 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.