recevraitvsrecevrasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#41,489
“recevrait” frequency rank
#49,318
“recevras” frequency rank
90807
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes recevrait and recevras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recevrait runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against recevras's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
recevrait
8 ch
recevras

Why the eye confuses recevrait with recevras

A purely visual mix-up. recevrait (\ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\) and recevras (\ʁə.sə.vʁa\) 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 90807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recevrait is recorded at frequency rank #41,489, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\. recevras is at rank #49,318, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.sə.vʁa\.

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 90807, this pair ranks #4,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recevrait vs recevras

Shared letters: acerv. Private to "recevrait": it. Private to "recevras": s.

"recevrait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "recevras" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recevraitercevrait · rceevrait · reccevrait · recervait · recevarit · recevraitt · recevrati · recevriat
  • recevrasercevras · rceevras · reccevras · recervas · recevars · recevrass · recevrras · recevrsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recevrait" for "recevras" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\ versus \ʁə.sə.vʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recevrait" or "recevras"?
"recevrait" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,489 in our French list, against #49,318 for "recevras". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recevrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recevras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,452 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recevrait" and "recevras" 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 #4,452 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