Which to use
“recevait” and “révélait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,892
- “recevait” frequency rank
- #25,804
- “révélait” frequency rank
- 39696
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevait | révélait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de révéler. |
Where the eye mixes recevait and révélait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recevait and révélait 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 révélait
A purely visual mix-up. recevait (\ʁə.s(ə.)vɛ\) and révélait (\ʁe.ve.lɛ\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39696, 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\. révélait is at rank #25,804, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.ve.lɛ\.
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 39696, this pair ranks #246,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevait vs révélait
Shared letters: airtv. Private to "recevait": ce. Private to "révélait": lé.
"recevait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "révélait" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevait ← ercevait · rceevait · reccevait · receavit · recevaitt · recevati · receviat · recevvait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recevait" and "révélait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recevait" vs "révélait" - 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 "recevait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révélait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevait" and "révélait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rejetait vs révélait". 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 #246,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.