Which to use
“recueille” and “recueillir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,242
- “recueille” frequency rank
- #8,141
- “recueillir” frequency rank
- 21383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueille | recueillir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recueillir. | Collectionner ; collecter ; recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recueille and recueillir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recueille runs 9 letters (CVCVVVCCV) against recueillir's 10 (CVCVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recueille with recueillir
A purely visual mix-up. recueille (\ʁə.kœj\) and recueillir (\ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21383, 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\. recueillir is at rank #8,141, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\.
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 21383, this pair ranks #363,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recueille vs recueillir
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueille": -. Private to "recueillir": -.
"recueille" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV · "recueillir" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recueille ← ercueille · rceueille · reccueille · receuille · recueile · recueilel · recuelile · recuielle
- recueillir ← ercueillir · rceueillir · reccueillir · receuillir · recueililr · recueilir · recueillirr · recueillri
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recueille" for "recueillir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recueille" or "recueillir"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recueille" and "recueillir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recueillir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #363,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueille" and "recueillir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recueille 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 #363,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.