RecepvsreçueConfusable pair

Quick tell: Recep is a name, reçue is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Recep” is a name and “reçue” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,999
“Recep” frequency rank
#7,894
“reçue” frequency rank
49893
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Recep reçue
Definition Prénom masculin. Féminin singulier de reçu.

Letter map: Recep vs reçue

Shared letters muted; letters that set Recep and reçue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Recep (CVCVC) and reçue (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Recep
5 ch
reçue

Part-of-speech tell for Recep / reçue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Recep is aname and reçueanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49893, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Recep is recorded at frequency rank #41,999, classified as aname. reçue is at rank #7,894, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.sy\.

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 49893, this pair ranks #167,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Recep vs reçue

Shared letters: er. Private to "Recep": cp. Private to "reçue": uç.

"Recep" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "reçue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Recep ← ercep · rceep · reccep · recepp · recpe · reecp · rrecep

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Recep" and "reçue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Recep" is a name and "reçue" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Recep" vs "reçue" - which ranks higher?
"reçue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,894 in our French list, against #41,999 for "Recep". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Recep" and "reçue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Recep" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reçue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Recep" and "reçue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racer vs Recep". 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 #167,045 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