Which to use
“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.
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
- recette ← ercette · rceette · reccette · recete · recetet · rectete · reectte · rrecette
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recette" and "récolte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recette" or "récolte" show up more?
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.