recollervsrécoltésConfusable pair

Which to use

“recoller” and “récoltés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,511
“recoller” frequency rank
#21,454
“récoltés” frequency rank
50965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recoller récoltés
Definition Coller de nouveau. Participe passé masculin pluriel de récolter.

Where the eye mixes recoller and récoltés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recoller and récoltés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
recoller
8 ch
récoltés

Why the eye confuses recoller with récoltés

A purely visual mix-up. recoller (\ʁə.kɔ.le\) and récoltés (\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 50965, 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\. récoltés is at rank #21,454, 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 50965, this pair ranks #158,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recoller vs récoltés

Shared letters: clor. Private to "recoller": e. Private to "récoltés": sté.

"recoller" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "récoltés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recoller ← ercoller · rceoller · reccoller · recloler · recolelr · recoler · recollerr · recollre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recoller" and "récoltés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "récoltés" - which ranks higher?
"récoltés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,454 in our French list, against #29,511 for "recoller". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "récoltés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recoller" and "récoltés" 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 #158,599 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