Which to use
“recevais” and “recevras” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,559
- “recevais” frequency rank
- #49,318
- “recevras” frequency rank
- 85877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevais | recevras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Deuxième personne du singulier du futur de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recevais and recevras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recevais (CVCVCVVC) and recevras (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recevais vs recevras
A purely visual mix-up. recevais (\ʁə.sə.vɛ\) and recevras (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\) 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 85877, 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\. recevras is at rank #49,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁa\.
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 85877, this pair ranks #10,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevais vs recevras
Shared letters: acersv. Private to "recevais": i. Private to "recevras": -.
"recevais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "recevras" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recevais" and "recevras" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recevais" vs "recevras" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "recevras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevais" and "recevras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevrai 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 #10,608 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.