Which to use
“recevait” and “recevoir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,892
- “recevait” frequency rank
- #1,372
- “recevoir” frequency rank
- 15264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevait | recevoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Accepter, prendre ce qui est donné, ce qui est présenté, ce qui est offert sans qu’il soit dû. |
Where the eye mixes recevait and recevoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recevait and recevoir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recevait and recevoir
A purely visual mix-up. recevait (\ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\) and recevoir (\ʁə.sə.vwaʁ\) 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 15264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevait is recorded at frequency rank #13,892, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\. recevoir is at rank #1,372, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vwaʁ\.
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 15264, this pair ranks #393,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recevait vs recevoir
Shared letters: ceirv. Private to "recevait": at. Private to "recevoir": o.
"recevait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "recevoir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recevait" and "recevoir" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recevait" vs "recevoir" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recevait" and "recevoir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recevoir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevait" and "recevoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevait vs rejetait". 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 #393,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.