Which to use
“recife” and “reine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,319
- “recife” frequency rank
- #1,635
- “reine” frequency rank
- 50954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recife | reine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récif, écueil. | Reine régnante, dirigeante d’un pays, appelé « royaume ». Son mari est souvent appelé « prince consort ». |
Where the eye mixes recife and reine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recife runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against reine's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recife vs reine
A purely visual mix-up. recife (\ʀɨ.sˈi.fɨ\) and reine (\ʁɛn\) 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 50954, 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\. reine is at rank #1,635, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɛn\.
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 50954, this pair ranks #158,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recife vs reine
Shared letters: eir. Private to "recife": cf. Private to "reine": n.
"recife" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "reine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recife" for "reine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recife" vs "reine" - which ranks higher?
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 "recife" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,675 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recife" and "reine" 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 #158,675 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.