récoltéevsreportéeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#47,014
“récoltée” frequency rank
#21,442
“reportée” frequency rank
68456
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature récoltée reportée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de récolter. Participe passé féminin singulier de reporter.

Where the eye mixes récoltée and reportée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. récoltée and reportée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
récoltée
8 ch
reportée

Visual trap between récoltée and reportée

A purely visual mix-up. récoltée (\ʁe.kɔl.te\) and reportée (\ʁə.pɔʁ.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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68456, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

récoltée is recorded at frequency rank #47,014, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.te\. reportée is at rank #21,442, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.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 68456, this pair ranks #59,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of récoltée vs reportée

Shared letters: eorté. Private to "récoltée": cl. Private to "reportée": p.

"récoltée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "reportée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "récoltée" for "reportée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.kɔl.te\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "récoltée" vs "reportée" - which ranks higher?
"reportée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,442 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "récoltée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "récoltée" and "reportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récoltée vs redoutée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,122 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