Which to use
“recevrai” and “recevrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,317
- “recevrai” frequency rank
- #41,489
- “recevrait” frequency rank
- 90806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevrai | recevrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du futur de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recevrai and recevrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recevrai runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against recevrait's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recevrai with recevrait
A purely visual mix-up. recevrai (\ʁə.sə.vʁe\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “recevrai” sits inside “recevrait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recevrai is recorded at frequency rank #49,317, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁe\. 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 90806, this pair ranks #4,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevrai vs recevrait
Shared letters: aceirv. Private to "recevrai": -. Private to "recevrait": t.
"recevrai" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "recevrait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recevrai" and "recevrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recevrai" or "recevrait" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevrai" 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 #4,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevrai" and "recevrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevrai 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 #4,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.