Which to use
“recouvrent” and “reçurent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,152
- “recouvrent” frequency rank
- #32,161
- “reçurent” frequency rank
- 58313
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouvrent | reçurent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe recouvrir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recouvrent and reçurent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. recouvrent runs 10 letters (CVCVVCCVCC) against reçurent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recouvrent vs reçurent
A purely visual mix-up. recouvrent (\ʁə.kuvʁ\) and reçurent (\ʁə.syʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recouvrent is recorded at frequency rank #26,152, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kuvʁ\. reçurent is at rank #32,161, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.syʁ\.
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 58313, this pair ranks #109,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recouvrent vs reçurent
Shared letters: enrtu. Private to "recouvrent": cov. Private to "reçurent": ç.
"recouvrent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC · "reçurent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouvrent ← ercouvrent · rceouvrent · reccouvrent · recourvent · recouvernt · recouvrennt · recouvrentt · recouvretn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recouvrent" for "reçurent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "recouvrent" vs "reçurent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reçurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouvrent" and "reçurent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs reçurent". 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 #109,818 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.