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

#49,317
“recevrai” frequency rank
#27,212
“recevrez” frequency rank
76529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recevrai recevrez
Definition Première personne du singulier du futur de recevoir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de recevoir.

Same sound, different letters: recevrai vs recevrez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. recevrai (CVCVCCVV) and recevrez (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
recevrai
8 ch
recevrez

Homophone desk: recevrai vs recevrez

This is the hard kind. recevrai and recevrez are pronounced identically (\ʁə.sə.vʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76529, 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\. 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 76529, this pair ranks #30,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recevrai vs recevrez

Shared letters: cerv. Private to "recevrai": ai. Private to "recevrez": z.

"recevrai" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "recevrez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevraiercevrai · rceevrai · reccevrai · recervai · recevari · recevria · recevrrai · recevvrai
  • recevrezercevrez · rceevrez · reccevrez · recervez · receverz · recevrezz · recevrrez · recevrze

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recevrai" and "recevrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.sə.vʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "recevrai" or "recevrez"?
"recevrez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,212 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.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevrai" 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 #30,867 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevrai" and "recevrez" 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 #30,867 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