Which to use
“recueilli” is an adjective and “recueillir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,729
- “recueilli” frequency rank
- #8,141
- “recueillir” frequency rank
- 17870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueilli | recueillir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Concentré, méditatif, qui est dans le recueillement. | Collectionner ; collecter ; recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes recueilli and recueillir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recueilli 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.
Visual trap between recueilli and recueillir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recueilli is \ʁə.kœ.ji\ while recueillir is \ʁə.kœ.jiʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “recueilli” sits inside “recueillir”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17870, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recueilli is recorded at frequency rank #9,729, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kœ.ji\. 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 17870, this pair ranks #381,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recueilli vs recueillir
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueilli": -. Private to "recueillir": -.
"recueilli" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVVCCV · "recueillir" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recueilli ← ercueilli · rceueilli · reccueilli · receuilli · recueili · recueilil · recuelili · recuielli
- recueillir ← ercueillir · rceueillir · reccueillir · receuillir · recueililr · recueilir · recueillirr · recueillri
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "recueilli" and "recueillir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "recueilli" or "recueillir" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "recueilli" and "recueillir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueilli" 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 #381,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueilli" and "recueillir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recueilli vs recueillie". 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 #381,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.