Which to use
“recife” and “récifs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,319
- “recife” frequency rank
- #27,951
- “récifs” frequency rank
- 77270
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recife | récifs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récif, écueil. | Pluriel de récif. |
Where the eye mixes recife and récifs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recife (CVCVCV) and récifs (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: recife vs récifs
A purely visual mix-up. recife (\ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\) and récifs (\ʁe.sif\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recife is recorded at frequency rank #49,319, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\. récifs is at rank #27,951, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.sif\.
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 77270, this pair ranks #28,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recife vs récifs
Shared letters: cfir. Private to "recife": e. Private to "récifs": sé.
"recife" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "récifs" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recife ← ercife · rceife · reccife · recfie · recief · reciffe · reicfe · rrecife
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recife" and "récifs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "recife" or "récifs"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recife" and "récifs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recife" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récifs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,878 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recife" and "récifs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs recréé". 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 #28,878 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.