recevantvsrecevrontTell them apart

Which to use

“recevant” and “recevront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,036
“recevant” frequency rank
#19,383
“recevront” frequency rank
31419
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recevant recevront
Definition Participe présent de recevoir. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de recevoir.

Where the eye mixes recevant and recevront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
recevant
9 ch
recevront

Look-alike desk: recevant vs recevront

A purely visual mix-up. recevant (\ʁə.sə.vɑ̃\) and recevront (\ʁə.sə.vʁɔ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recevant is recorded at frequency rank #12,036, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vɑ̃\. recevront is at rank #19,383, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁɔ̃\.

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 31419, this pair ranks #303,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recevant vs recevront

Shared letters: cenrtv. Private to "recevant": a. Private to "recevront": o.

"recevant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "recevront" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevantercevant · rceevant · reccevant · receavnt · recevannt · recevantt · recevatn · recevnat
  • recevrontercevront · rceevront · reccevront · recervont · recevornt · recevrnot · recevronnt · recevrontt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recevant" for "recevront" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sə.vɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.sə.vʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "recevant" or "recevront" show up more?
"recevant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,036 in our French list, against #19,383 for "recevront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recevant" and "recevront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recevront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevant" and "recevront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs recevant". 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 #303,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list