Which to use
“récolter” and “recopier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,401
- “récolter” frequency rank
- #31,679
- “recopier” frequency rank
- 42080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | récolter | recopier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire une récolte. | Transcrire. |
Where the eye mixes récolter and recopier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. récolter (CVCVCCVC) and recopier (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses récolter with recopier
A purely visual mix-up. récolter (\ʁe.kɔl.te\) and recopier (\ʁə.kɔ.pje\) 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 42080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
récolter is recorded at frequency rank #10,401, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.kɔl.te\. recopier is at rank #31,679, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kɔ.pje\.
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 42080, this pair ranks #228,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of récolter vs recopier
Shared letters: ceor. Private to "récolter": lté. Private to "recopier": ip.
"récolter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "recopier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recopier ← ercopier · rceopier · reccopier · recoiper · recopeir · recopierr · recopire · recoppier
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "récolter" and "recopier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "récolter" or "recopier" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "récolter" and "recopier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "récolter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recopier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,378 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "récolter" and "recopier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recopier 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 #228,378 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.