Which to use
“reçois” and “remis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,232
- “reçois” frequency rank
- #2,734
- “remis” frequency rank
- 8966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçois | remis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Participe passé du verbe remettre. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reçois and remis 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 remis (\ʁə.mi\) 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 8966, 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\. remis is at rank #2,734, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.mi\.
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 8966, this pair ranks #418,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçois vs remis
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "reçois": oç. Private to "remis": m.
"reçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "remis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remis ← ermis · remiss · remmis · remsi · rmeis · rremis