recevraivsrecevraitConfusable pair

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.

8 ch
recevrai
9 ch
recevrait

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

  • recevrai ← ercevrai · rceevrai · reccevrai · recervai · recevari · recevria · recevrrai · recevvrai
  • recevrait ← ercevrait · rceevrait · reccevrait · recervait · recevarit · recevraitt · recevrati · recevriat

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recevrai" and "recevrait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sə.vʁe\ versus \ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "recevrai" or "recevrait" show up more?
"recevrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,489 in our French list, against #49,317 for "recevrai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list