Which to use
“recife” and “regime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,319
- “recife” frequency rank
- #25,105
- “regime” frequency rank
- 74424
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recife | regime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récif, écueil. | Régime. |
Where the eye mixes recife and regime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recife and regime follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: recife vs regime
A purely visual mix-up. recife (\ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\) and regime (\ɹeɪ.ˈʒiːm\) 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 74424, 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\. regime is at rank #25,105, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɹeɪ.ˈʒiːm\.
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 74424, this pair ranks #37,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recife vs regime
Shared letters: eir. Private to "recife": cf. Private to "regime": gm.
"recife" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "regime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "recife" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recife" and "regime" 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 #37,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.