Which to use
“récoltent” is a verb and “révoltant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,024
- “récoltent” frequency rank
- #32,173
- “révoltant” frequency rank
- 71197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récoltent | révoltant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de récolter. | Qui révolte ; qui indigne. |
Where the eye mixes récoltent and révoltant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. récoltent and révoltant follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: récoltent vs révoltant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: récoltent is \ʁe.kɔlt\ while révoltant is \ʁe.vɔl.tɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récoltent is recorded at frequency rank #39,024, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔlt\. révoltant is at rank #32,173, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.vɔl.tɑ̃\.
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 71197, this pair ranks #48,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of récoltent vs révoltant
Shared letters: lnorté. Private to "récoltent": ce. Private to "révoltant": av.
"récoltent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC · "révoltant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "récoltent" for "révoltant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "récoltent" vs "révoltant" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "récoltent" and "révoltant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "récoltent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révoltant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récoltent" and "révoltant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs récoltent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #48,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.