Which to use
“reçu” and “rico” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #813
- “reçu” frequency rank
- #13,681
- “rico” frequency rank
- 14494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reçu | rico |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est admis, établi, consacré. | Riche. |
Where the eye mixes reçu and rico
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. reçu and rico follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reçu vs rico
A purely visual mix-up. reçu (\ʁə.sy\) and rico (\ˈri.ko\) 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 14494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reçu is recorded at frequency rank #813, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.sy\. rico is at rank #13,681, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈri.ko\.
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 14494, this pair ranks #396,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reçu vs rico
Shared letters: r. Private to "reçu": euç. Private to "rico": cio.
"reçu" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rico" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- rico ← irco · rcio · ricco · rioc · rrico
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reçu" and "rico" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reçu" vs "rico" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reçu" and "rico" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reçu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,398 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reçu" and "rico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rico vs rizzo". 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 #396,398 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.