Which to use
“recevez” and “répétez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,929
- “recevez” frequency rank
- #32,578
- “répétez” frequency rank
- 43507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevez | répétez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de répéter. |
Where the eye mixes recevez and répétez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. recevez and répétez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recevez vs répétez
A purely visual mix-up. recevez (\ʁə.sə.ve\) and répétez (\ʁe.pe.te\) 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 43507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevez is recorded at frequency rank #10,929, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.ve\. répétez is at rank #32,578, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pe.te\.
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 43507, this pair ranks #217,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevez vs répétez
Shared letters: erz. Private to "recevez": cv. Private to "répétez": pté.
"recevez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "répétez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevez ← ercevez · rceevez · reccevez · receevz · recevezz · recevvez · recevze · recveez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recevez" and "répétez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recevez" or "répétez" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recevez" and "répétez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répétez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,536 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevez" and "répétez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparez vs répétez". 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 #217,536 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.