Which to use
“recèlent” is a verb and “récemment” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,896
- “recèlent” frequency rank
- #1,678
- “récemment” frequency rank
- 51574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recèlent | récemment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de receler. | Il y a peu de temps. |
Where the eye mixes recèlent and récemment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recèlent runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against récemment's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recèlent vs récemment
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recèlent is \ʁə.sɛl\ while récemment is \ʁe.sa.mɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recèlent is recorded at frequency rank #49,896, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sɛl\. récemment is at rank #1,678, tagged as anadv, pronounced \ʁe.sa.mɑ̃\.
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 51574, this pair ranks #154,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recèlent vs récemment
Shared letters: cenrt. Private to "recèlent": lè. Private to "récemment": mé.
"recèlent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "récemment" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recèlent" and "récemment" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recèlent" or "récemment" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recèlent" and "récemment" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recèlent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récemment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recèlent" and "récemment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs repèrent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #154,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.