Which to use
“receveur” is a noun and “recevoir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,037
- “receveur” frequency rank
- #1,372
- “recevoir” frequency rank
- 13409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | receveur | recevoir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui a charge de faire une recette, soit en argent, soit en nature. | Accepter, prendre ce qui est donné, ce qui est présenté, ce qui est offert sans qu’il soit dû. |
Where the eye mixes receveur and recevoir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. receveur and recevoir follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: receveur vs recevoir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: receveur is \ʁə.sə.vœʁ\ while recevoir is \ʁə.sə.vwaʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
receveur is recorded at frequency rank #12,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vœʁ\. 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 13409, this pair ranks #401,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of receveur vs recevoir
Shared letters: cerv. Private to "receveur": u. Private to "recevoir": io.
"receveur" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "recevoir" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "receveur" and "recevoir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "receveur" or "recevoir"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "receveur" 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 #401,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "receveur" and "recevoir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "receveur vs releveur". 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 #401,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.