recettevsrécolteTell them apart

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“recette” and “récolte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,496
“recette” frequency rank
#5,807
“récolte” frequency rank
9303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recette récolte
Definition Ensemble des étapes nécessaire à la réalisation d’un plat en cuisine. Action de recueillir les produits de la terre.

Where the eye mixes recette and récolte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
recette
7 ch
récolte

Look-alike desk: recette vs récolte

A purely visual mix-up. recette (\ʁə.sɛt\) and récolte (\ʁe.kɔlt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recette is recorded at frequency rank #3,496, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sɛt\. récolte is at rank #5,807, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.kɔlt\.

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 9303, this pair ranks #417,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recette vs récolte

Shared letters: cert. Private to "recette": -. Private to "récolte": loé.

"recette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "récolte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recetteercette · rceette · reccette · recete · recetet · rectete · reectte · rrecette

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recette" and "récolte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sɛt\ versus \ʁe.kɔlt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "recette" or "récolte" show up more?
"recette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,496 in our French list, against #5,807 for "récolte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "recette" and "récolte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "récolte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #417,133 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recette" and "récolte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recette vs revêtue". 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 #417,133 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