Which to use
“recueillent” is a verb and “recueils” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,029
- “recueillent” frequency rank
- #16,225
- “recueils” frequency rank
- 53254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueillent | recueils |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de recueillir. | Pluriel de recueil. |
Same sound, different letters: recueillent vs recueils
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: recueillent vs recueils
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recueillent 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recueillent is recorded at frequency rank #37,029, 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 53254, this pair ranks #142,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recueillent vs recueils
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueillent": nt. Private to "recueils": s.
"recueillent" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVCC · "recueils" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recueillent ← ercueillent · rceueillent · reccueillent · receuillent · recueilelnt · recueilent · recueillennt · recueillentt
- recueils ← ercueils · rceueils · reccueils · receuils · recueills · recueilss · recueisl · recuelis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recueillent" and "recueils" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recueillent" or "recueils" show up more?
What to do next
"recueillent" and "recueils" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueillent" 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 #142,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueillent" and "recueils" 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 #142,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.