Which to use
“recoller” and “récoltée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,511
- “recoller” frequency rank
- #47,014
- “récoltée” frequency rank
- 76525
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoller | récoltée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coller de nouveau. | Participe passé féminin singulier de récolter. |
Where the eye mixes recoller and récoltée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. recoller (CVCVCCVC) and récoltée (CVCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between recoller and récoltée
A purely visual mix-up. recoller (\ʁə.kɔ.le\) and récoltée (\ʁe.kɔl.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recoller is recorded at frequency rank #29,511, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.le\. récoltée is at rank #47,014, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.te\.
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 76525, this pair ranks #30,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recoller vs récoltée
Shared letters: celor. Private to "recoller": -. Private to "récoltée": té.
"recoller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "récoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoller ← ercoller · rceoller · reccoller · recloler · recolelr · recoler · recollerr · recollre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recoller" for "récoltée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recoller" vs "récoltée" - which ranks higher?
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 "recoller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "récoltée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoller" and "récoltée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs redoutée". 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 #30,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.