Which to use
“recevais” and “rêvais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,559
- “recevais” frequency rank
- #22,084
- “rêvais” frequency rank
- 58643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevais | rêvais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver. |
Where the eye mixes recevais and rêvais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recevais runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against rêvais's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recevais with rêvais
A purely visual mix-up. recevais (\ʁə.sə.vɛ\) and rêvais (\ʁɛ.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 58643, 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\. rêvais is at rank #22,084, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.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 58643, this pair ranks #107,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevais vs rêvais
Shared letters: airsv. Private to "recevais": ce. Private to "rêvais": ê.
"recevais" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "rêvais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevais ← ercevais · rceevais · reccevais · receavis · recevaiss · recevasi · recevias · recevvais
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevais" for "rêvais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recevais" vs "rêvais" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recevais" and "rêvais" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rêvais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevais" and "rêvais" 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 #107,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.