Which to use
“receveurs” and “recteurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,937
- “receveurs” frequency rank
- #37,514
- “recteurs” frequency rank
- 67451
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | receveurs | recteurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de receveur. | Pluriel de recteur. |
Where the eye mixes receveurs and recteurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. receveurs runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVCC) against recteurs's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between receveurs and recteurs
A purely visual mix-up. receveurs (\ʁəs.vœʁ\) and recteurs (\ʁɛk.tœʁ\) 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 67451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
receveurs is recorded at frequency rank #29,937, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁəs.vœʁ\. recteurs is at rank #37,514, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛk.tœʁ\.
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 67451, this pair ranks #63,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of receveurs vs recteurs
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "receveurs": v. Private to "recteurs": t.
"receveurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "recteurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "receveurs" for "recteurs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "receveurs" or "recteurs" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "receveurs" and "recteurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "receveurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recteurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "receveurs" and "recteurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recteurs vs routeurs". 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 #63,415 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.