Which to use
“recevaient” and “revenaient” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,468
- “recevaient” frequency rank
- #27,221
- “revenaient” frequency rank
- 52689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevaient | revenaient |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes recevaient and revenaient
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recevaient and revenaient follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recevaient with revenaient
A purely visual mix-up. recevaient (\ʁə.sə.vɛ\) and revenaient (\ʁə.və.nɛ\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52689, 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\. revenaient is at rank #27,221, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɛ\.
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 52689, this pair ranks #145,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevaient vs revenaient
Shared letters: aeinrtv. Private to "recevaient": c. Private to "revenaient": -.
"recevaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC · "revenaient" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevaient ← ercevaient · rceevaient · reccevaient · receavient · recevaeint · recevaiennt · recevaientt · recevaietn
- revenaient ← ervenaient · reevnaient · reveanient · revenaeint · revenaiennt · revenaientt · revenaietn · revenainet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevaient" for "revenaient" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recevaient" vs "revenaient" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenaient" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,942 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevaient" and "revenaient" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revenaient vs revendent". 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 #145,942 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.