RecepvsreçuesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,999
“Recep” frequency rank
#8,458
“reçues” frequency rank
50457
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Recep reçues
Definition Prénom masculin. Féminin pluriel de reçu.

Letter map: Recep vs reçues

Shared letters muted; letters that set Recep and reçues apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Recep runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against reçues's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Recep
6 ch
reçues

Part-of-speech tell for Recep / reçues

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Recep is aname and reçuesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Recep is recorded at frequency rank #41,999, classified as aname. reçues is at rank #8,458, 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 50457, this pair ranks #162,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Recep vs reçues

Shared letters: er. Private to "Recep": cp. Private to "reçues": suç.

"Recep" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "reçues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Recep" and "reçues" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Recep" is a name and "reçues" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Recep" vs "reçues" - which ranks higher?
"reçues" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,458 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

Pair "Recep" vs "reçues" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Recep" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reçues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Recep" and "reçues" 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 #162,457 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