Which to use
“recevaient” and “recevait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,468
- “recevaient” frequency rank
- #13,892
- “recevait” frequency rank
- 39360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevaient | recevait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recevaient and recevait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: recevaient vs recevait
A purely visual mix-up. recevaient (\ʁə.sə.vɛ\) and recevait (\ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevaient is recorded at frequency rank #25,468, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vɛ\. recevait is at rank #13,892, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\.
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 39360, this pair ranks #248,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevaient vs recevait
Shared letters: aceirtv. Private to "recevaient": n. Private to "recevait": -.
"recevaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC · "recevait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevaient ← ercevaient · rceevaient · reccevaient · receavient · recevaeint · recevaiennt · recevaientt · recevaietn
- recevait ← ercevait · rceevait · reccevait · receavit · recevaitt · recevati · receviat · recevvait
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recevaient" and "recevait" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recevaient" or "recevait" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recevaient" and "recevait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recevait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevaient" and "recevait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevaient vs rêvaient". 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 #248,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.