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Which to use

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

#10,567
“recevra” frequency rank
#27,212
“recevrez” frequency rank
37779
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recevra recevrez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de recevoir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de recevoir.

Where the eye mixes recevra and recevrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
recevra
8 ch
recevrez

Look-alike desk: recevra vs recevrez

A purely visual mix-up. recevra (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\) and recevrez (\ʁə.sə.vʁe\) 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 37779, 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\. recevrez is at rank #27,212, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁe\.

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 37779, this pair ranks #259,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recevra vs recevrez

Shared letters: cerv. Private to "recevra": a. Private to "recevrez": z.

"recevra" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "recevrez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevraercevra · rceevra · reccevra · recerva · recevar · recevrra · recevvra · recvera
  • recevrezercevrez · rceevrez · reccevrez · recervez · receverz · recevrezz · recevrrez · recevrze

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recevra" for "recevrez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\ versus \ʁə.sə.vʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recevra" or "recevrez"?
"recevra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,567 in our French list, against #27,212 for "recevrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "recevra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recevrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevra" and "recevrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevras vs recevrez". 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 #259,987 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