Which to use
“recettes” is a noun and “récoltés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,642
- “recettes” frequency rank
- #21,454
- “récoltés” frequency rank
- 24096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recettes | récoltés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de recette. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de récolter. |
Where the eye mixes recettes and récoltés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recettes and récoltés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recettes vs récoltés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recettes is \ʁə.sɛt\ while récoltés is \ʁe.kɔl.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recettes is recorded at frequency rank #2,642, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sɛt\. récoltés is at rank #21,454, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.te\.
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 24096, this pair ranks #348,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recettes vs récoltés
Shared letters: crst. Private to "recettes": e. Private to "récoltés": loé.
"recettes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "récoltés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recettes ← ercettes · rceettes · reccettes · recetes · recetets · recettess · recettse · rectetes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recettes" for "récoltés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recettes" or "récoltés"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recettes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récoltés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recettes" and "récoltés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "racontés vs récoltés". 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 #348,645 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.