reçoitvsrepostTell them apart

Quick tell: reçoit is a verb, repost is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reçoit” is a verb and “repost” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,450
“reçoit” frequency rank
#39,975
“repost” frequency rank
42425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reçoit repost
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. Caché.

Letter map: reçoit vs repost

Shared letters muted; letters that set reçoit and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reçoit (CVCVVC) and repost (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
reçoit
6 ch
repost

Role in the sentence - reçoit and repost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reçoit is averb and repostanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reçoit is recorded at frequency rank #2,450, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.swa\. repost is at rank #39,975, tagged as anadj.

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 42425, this pair ranks #225,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reçoit vs repost

Shared letters: eort. Private to "reçoit": iç. Private to "repost": ps.

"reçoit" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reçoit" for "repost" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reçoit" is a verb and "repost" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reçoit" vs "repost" - which ranks higher?
"reçoit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,450 in our French list, against #39,975 for "repost". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "reçoit" and "repost". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reçoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #225,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reçoit" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposée vs repost". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #225,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list