Which to use
“reçois” and “refais” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,232
- “reçois” frequency rank
- #15,992
- “refais” frequency rank
- 22224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçois | refais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de refaire. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reçois and refais apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. reçois (\ʁə.swa\) and refais (\ʁə.fɛ\) 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 22224, 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\. refais is at rank #15,992, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɛ\.
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 22224, this pair ranks #359,190 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçois vs refais
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "reçois": oç. Private to "refais": af.
"reçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "refais" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refais ← erfais · reafis · refaiss · refasi · reffais · refias · rfeais · rrefais