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“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.

8 ch
recoller
8 ch
récoltée

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?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.kɔ.le\ versus \ʁe.kɔl.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recoller" vs "récoltée" - which ranks higher?
"recoller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,511 in our French list, against #47,014 for "récoltée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list