Which to use
“récit” and “ricin” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,797
- “récit” frequency rank
- #40,967
- “ricin” frequency rank
- 43764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récit | ricin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exposé structuré d’événements réels ou fictifs destiné à être raconté ou lu. | Grande plante vivace arborescente de la famille des Euphorbiacées, à fleurs unisexuelles et sans corolle, extrêmement toxique, dont les semences fournissent une huile employée comme purgatif et comme lubrifiant. |
Where the eye mixes récit and ricin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. récit and ricin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between récit and ricin
A purely visual mix-up. récit (\ʁe.si\) and ricin (\ʁi.sɛ̃\) 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 43764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récit is recorded at frequency rank #2,797, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.si\. ricin is at rank #40,967, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.sɛ̃\.
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 43764, this pair ranks #215,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récit vs ricin
Shared letters: cir. Private to "récit": té. Private to "ricin": n.
"récit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "ricin" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ricin ← ircin · rciin · riccin · ricinn · ricni · riicn · rricin
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "récit" and "ricin" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "récit" or "ricin" show up more?
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 "récit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ricin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #215,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récit" and "ricin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ricin vs Rimini". 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 #215,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.