Which to use
“recevons” and “revenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,438
- “recevons” frequency rank
- #13,466
- “revenons” frequency rank
- 34904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevons | revenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes recevons and revenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recevons and revenons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recevons and revenons
A purely visual mix-up. recevons (\ʁə.sə.vɔ̃\) and revenons (\ʁə.və.nɔ̃\) 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 34904, 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\. revenons is at rank #13,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.və.nɔ̃\.
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 34904, this pair ranks #280,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recevons vs revenons
Shared letters: enorsv. Private to "recevons": c. Private to "revenons": -.
"recevons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "revenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recevons" and "revenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recevons" or "revenons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recevons" and "revenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "revenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevons" and "revenons" 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 #280,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.