Which to use
“recueille” and “recueillent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,242
- “recueille” frequency rank
- #37,029
- “recueillent” frequency rank
- 50271
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueille | recueillent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recueillir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recueillir. |
Same sound, different letters: recueille vs recueillent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. recueille runs 9 letters (CVCVVVCCV) against recueillent's 11 (CVCVVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - recueille / recueillent
This is the hard kind. recueille and recueillent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.kœj\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “recueille” sits inside “recueillent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recueille is recorded at frequency rank #13,242, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kœj\. recueillent is at rank #37,029, tagged as averb, 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 50271, this pair ranks #163,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recueille vs recueillent
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueille": -. Private to "recueillent": nt.
"recueille" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV · "recueillent" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recueille ← ercueille · rceueille · reccueille · receuille · recueile · recueilel · recuelile · recuielle
- recueillent ← ercueillent · rceueillent · reccueillent · receuillent · recueilelnt · recueilent · recueillennt · recueillentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recueille" and "recueillent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recueille" or "recueillent" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "recueille" / "recueillent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recueillent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,991 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueille" and "recueillent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recueillant vs recueillent". 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 #163,991 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.