Which to use
“recevez” and “revenez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,929
- “recevez” frequency rank
- #17,550
- “revenez” frequency rank
- 28479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevez | revenez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes recevez and revenez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recevez and revenez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses recevez with revenez
A purely visual mix-up. recevez (\ʁə.sə.ve\) and revenez (\ʁə.və.ne\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28479, 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\. revenez is at rank #17,550, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.ne\.
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 28479, this pair ranks #322,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevez vs revenez
Shared letters: ervz. Private to "recevez": c. Private to "revenez": n.
"recevez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "revenez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recevez" and "revenez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "recevez" vs "revenez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevez" and "revenez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevez vs revenez". 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 #322,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.