Which to use
“recevrait” and “recouvrait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,489
- “recevrait” frequency rank
- #39,967
- “recouvrait” frequency rank
- 81456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recevrait | recouvrait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de recouvrir. |
Where the eye mixes recevrait and recouvrait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between recevrait and recouvrait
A purely visual mix-up. recevrait (\ʁə.sə.vʁɛ\) and recouvrait (\ʁə.ku.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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81456, 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\. recouvrait is at rank #39,967, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.ku.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 81456, this pair ranks #18,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recevrait vs recouvrait
Shared letters: aceirtv. Private to "recevrait": -. Private to "recouvrait": ou.
"recevrait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "recouvrait" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recevrait ← ercevrait · rceevrait · reccevrait · recervait · recevarit · recevraitt · recevrati · recevriat
- recouvrait ← ercouvrait · rceouvrait · reccouvrait · recourvait · recouvarit · recouvraitt · recouvrati · recouvriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recevrait" for "recouvrait" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recevrait" or "recouvrait"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recevrait" and "recouvrait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recevrait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvrait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recevrait" and "recouvrait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevrait 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 #18,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.