recevablevsredevablesTell them apart

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

#23,000
“recevable” frequency rank
#33,864
“redevables” frequency rank
56864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes recevable and redevables

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
recevable
10 ch
redevables

Look-alike desk: recevable vs redevables

A purely visual mix-up. recevable (\ʁəs.vabl\) and redevables (\ʁə.də.vabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56864, 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\. redevables is at rank #33,864, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.də.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 56864, this pair ranks #118,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recevable vs redevables

Shared letters: abelrv. Private to "recevable": c. Private to "redevables": ds.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevableercevable · rceevable · reccevable · receavble · recevabble · recevabel · recevablle · recevalbe
  • redevableserdevables · rdeevables · reddevables · redeavbles · redevabbles · redevabels · redevabless · redevablles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recevable" and "redevables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁəs.vabl\ versus \ʁə.də.vabl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recevable" vs "redevables" - which ranks higher?
"recevable" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,000 in our French list, against #33,864 for "redevables". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "redevables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevable" and "redevables" 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 #118,453 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