recueillevsrecueilsConfusable pair

Quick tell: recueille is a verb, recueils is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“recueille” is a verb and “recueils” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,242
“recueille” frequency rank
#16,225
“recueils” frequency rank
29467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recueille recueils
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de recueillir. Pluriel de recueil.

Same sound, different letters: recueille vs recueils

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

9 ch
recueille
8 ch
recueils

Ear matches; page differs - recueille and recueils

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recueille and recueils carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kœj\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29467, 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\. 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 29467, this pair ranks #316,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recueille vs recueils

Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueille": -. Private to "recueils": s.

"recueille" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV  ·  "recueils" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recueilleercueille · rceueille · reccueille · receuille · recueile · recueilel · recuelile · recuielle
  • recueilsercueils · rceueils · reccueils · receuils · recueills · recueilss · recueisl · recuelis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recueille" and "recueils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "recueille" is a verb and "recueils" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "recueille" vs "recueils" - which ranks higher?
"recueille" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,242 in our French list, against #16,225 for "recueils". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"recueille" and "recueils" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recueille" 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 #316,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recueille" 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 #316,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list