Which to use
“recevons” and “recevront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,438
- “recevons” frequency rank
- #19,383
- “recevront” frequency rank
- 40821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevons | recevront |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recevons and recevront
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: recevons vs recevront
A purely visual mix-up. recevons (\ʁə.sə.vɔ̃\) 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 40821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevons is recorded at frequency rank #21,438, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vɔ̃\. 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 40821, this pair ranks #237,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevons vs recevront
Shared letters: cenorv. Private to "recevons": s. Private to "recevront": t.
"recevons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "recevront" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevons" for "recevront" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevons" 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 #237,635 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevons" and "recevront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevons vs retenons". 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 #237,635 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.