Which to use
“recoller” and “récolter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,511
- “recoller” frequency rank
- #10,401
- “récolter” frequency rank
- 39912
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recoller | récolter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Coller de nouveau. | Faire une récolte. |
Where the eye mixes recoller and récolter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recoller and récolter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between recoller and récolter
A purely visual mix-up. recoller (\ʁə.kɔ.le\) and récolter (\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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39912, 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\. récolter is at rank #10,401, 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 39912, this pair ranks #244,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recoller vs récolter
Shared letters: celor. Private to "recoller": -. Private to "récolter": té.
"recoller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "récolter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recoller ← ercoller · rceoller · reccoller · recloler · recolelr · recoler · recollerr · recollre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recoller" for "récolter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recoller" or "récolter"?
After this comparison
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 "récolter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,429 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recoller" and "récolter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recoller vs recouper". 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 #244,429 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.