Which to use
“recevait” and “rejetait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,892
- “recevait” frequency rank
- #49,903
- “rejetait” frequency rank
- 63795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevait | rejetait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rejeter. |
Where the eye mixes recevait and rejetait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recevait and rejetait follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recevait vs rejetait
A purely visual mix-up. recevait (\ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\) and rejetait (\ʁə.ʒə.tɛ\) 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 63795, 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\. rejetait is at rank #49,903, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ʒə.tɛ\.
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 63795, this pair ranks #80,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevait vs rejetait
Shared letters: aeirt. Private to "recevait": cv. Private to "rejetait": j.
"recevait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "rejetait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevait" for "rejetait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recevait" or "rejetait"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "recevait" and "rejetait" 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 "rejetait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,185 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevait" and "rejetait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reflétait 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 #80,185 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.