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Which to use

“recevra” and “recevrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,567
“recevra” frequency rank
#41,489
“recevrait” frequency rank
52056
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recevra recevrait
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de recevoir. Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de recevoir.

Where the eye mixes recevra and recevrait

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recevra runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against recevrait's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
recevra
9 ch
recevrait

Look-alike desk: recevra vs recevrait

A purely visual mix-up. recevra (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\) and recevrait (\ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “recevra” sits inside “recevrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52056, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recevra is recorded at frequency rank #10,567, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁa\. recevrait is at rank #41,489, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\.

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 52056, this pair ranks #150,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recevra vs recevrait

Shared letters: acerv. Private to "recevra": -. Private to "recevrait": it.

"recevra" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "recevrait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevra ← ercevra · rceevra · reccevra · recerva · recevar · recevrra · recevvra · recvera
  • recevrait ← ercevrait · rceevrait · reccevrait · recervait · recevarit · recevraitt · recevrati · recevriat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recevra" and "recevrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\ versus \ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recevra" vs "recevrait" - which ranks higher?
"recevra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,567 in our French list, against #41,489 for "recevrait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "recevra" and "recevrait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recevrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #150,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevra" and "recevrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevrait vs recevras". 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 #150,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list