Which to use
“recueil” and “recueils” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,275
- “recueil” frequency rank
- #16,225
- “recueils” frequency rank
- 20500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueil | recueils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de recueillir ; résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de recueil. |
Same sound, different letters: recueil vs recueils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. recueil runs 7 letters (CVCVVVC) against recueils's 8 (CVCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - recueil and recueils
This is the hard kind. recueil and recueils are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kœj\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recueil” sits inside “recueils”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recueil is recorded at frequency rank #4,275, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kœj\. recueils is at rank #16,225, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kœj\.
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 20500, this pair ranks #367,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recueil vs recueils
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueil": -. Private to "recueils": s.
"recueil" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "recueils" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recueil" and "recueils" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recueil" vs "recueils" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recueils" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueil" and "recueils" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recueils vs réveils". 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 #367,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.