Which to use
“recevais” and “recevons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,559
- “recevais” frequency rank
- #21,438
- “recevons” frequency rank
- 57997
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevais | recevons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recevais and recevons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recevais (CVCVCVVC) and recevons (CVCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between recevais and recevons
A purely visual mix-up. recevais (\ʁə.sə.vɛ\) and recevons (\ʁə.sə.vɔ̃\) 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 57997, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevais is recorded at frequency rank #36,559, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vɛ\. recevons is at rank #21,438, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vɔ̃\.
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 57997, this pair ranks #111,655 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevais vs recevons
Shared letters: cersv. Private to "recevais": ai. Private to "recevons": no.
"recevais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "recevons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevais" for "recevons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recevais" vs "recevons" - which ranks higher?
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 "recevais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recevons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,655 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevais" and "recevons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevais vs recevras". 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 #111,655 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.