Which to use
“reçois” is a verb and “requis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,232
- “reçois” frequency rank
- #6,549
- “requis” frequency rank
- 12781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçois | requis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. | D’une chose ou d’un concept : qui fait partie de conditions fixées par la loi ou un règlement. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reçois and requis 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 requis is \ʁə.ki\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12781, 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\. requis is at rank #6,549, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ki\.
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 12781, this pair ranks #403,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçois vs requis
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "reçois": oç. Private to "requis": qu.
"reçois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "requis" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- requis ← erquis · reqius · reqquis · requiss · requsi · reuqis · rqeuis · rrequis