Which to use
“recueillie” is a noun and “recueillis” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,512
- “recueillie” frequency rank
- #12,235
- “recueillis” frequency rank
- 41747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recueillie | recueillis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mineure ayant fait l’objet d’un recueil légal. | Masculin pluriel de recueilli. |
Same sound, different letters: recueillie vs recueillis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. recueillie (CVCVVVCCVV) and recueillis (CVCVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - recueillie / recueillis
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: recueillie and recueillis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.kœ.ji\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “recueillie” becomes s in “recueillis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recueillie is recorded at frequency rank #29,512, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.kœ.ji\. recueillis is at rank #12,235, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.kœ.ji\.
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 41747, this pair ranks #230,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of recueillie vs recueillis
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "recueillie": -. Private to "recueillis": s.
"recueillie" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVV · "recueillis" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recueillie ← ercueillie · rceueillie · reccueillie · receuillie · recueilie · recueilile · recueillei · recuelilie
- recueillis ← ercueillis · rceueillis · reccueillis · receuillis · recueilils · recueilis · recueilliss · recueillsi
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recueillie" and "recueillis" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "recueillie" or "recueillis" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "recueillie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recueillis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #230,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recueillie" and "recueillis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recueille 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 #230,796 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.