Which to use
“reçois” is a verb and “repos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,232
- “reçois” frequency rank
- #2,894
- “repos” frequency rank
- 9126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçois | repos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | Privation, cessation de mouvement, d’activité ou d’effort. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reçois and repos apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reçois is \ʁə.swa\ while repos is \ʁə.po\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9126, 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\. repos is at rank #2,894, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.po\.
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 9126, this pair ranks #417,718 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçois vs repos
Shared letters: eors. Private to "reçois": iç. Private to "repos": p.
"reçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "repos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repos ← erpos · reops · reposs · reppos · repso · rpeos · rrepos