Which to use
“reçois” and “reçoit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,232
- “reçois” frequency rank
- #2,450
- “reçoit” frequency rank
- 8682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçois | reçoit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reçois and reçoit apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. reçois and reçoit are pronounced identically (\ʁə.swa\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “reçois” becomes t in “reçoit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reçois is recorded at frequency rank #6,232, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.swa\. reçoit is at rank #2,450, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.swa\.
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 8682, this pair ranks #419,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçois vs reçoit
Shared letters: eiorç. Private to "reçois": s. Private to "reçoit": t.
"reçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "reçoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC