recevablevsrecevablesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,000
“recevable” frequency rank
#46,982
“recevables” frequency rank
69982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recevable recevables
Definition Qui est admissible, qui peut être admis, qui doit être reçu. Pluriel de recevable.

Same sound, different letters: recevable vs recevables

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.

9 ch
recevable
10 ch
recevables

Same sound, different spelling - recevable / recevables

This is the hard kind. recevable and recevables are pronounced identically (\ʁəs.vabl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recevable” sits inside “recevables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recevable is recorded at frequency rank #23,000, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁəs.vabl\. recevables is at rank #46,982, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁəs.vabl\.

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 69982, this pair ranks #53,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recevable vs recevables

Shared letters: abcelrv. Private to "recevable": -. Private to "recevables": s.

"recevable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "recevables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevableercevable · rceevable · reccevable · receavble · recevabble · recevabel · recevablle · recevalbe
  • recevablesercevables · rceevables · reccevables · receavbles · recevabbles · recevabels · recevabless · recevablles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recevable" and "recevables" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁəs.vabl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "recevable" vs "recevables" - which ranks higher?
"recevable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,000 in our French list, against #46,982 for "recevables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recevables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,081 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevable" and "recevables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevables vs redevables". 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 #53,081 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