reçoitvsresortWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: reçoit is a verb, resort is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#2,450
“reçoit” frequency rank
#23,346
“resort” frequency rank
25796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reçoit resort
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recevoir. Centre touristique.

Where the eye mixes reçoit and resort

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
reçoit
6 ch
resort

Visual trap between reçoit and resort

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reçoit is \ʁə.swa\ while resort is \ʁi.zɔʁt\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25796, 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\. resort is at rank #23,346, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁi.zɔʁt\.

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 25796, this pair ranks #338,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reçoit vs resort

Shared letters: eort. Private to "reçoit": . Private to "resort": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resortersort · reosrt · resorrt · resortt · resotr · resrot · rresort · rseort

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reçoit" for "resort" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reçoit" is a verb and "resort" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reçoit" vs "resort" - which ranks higher?
"reçoit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,450 in our French list, against #23,346 for "resort". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reçoit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #338,799 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reçoit" and "resort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remord vs resort". 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 #338,799 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