Which to use
“reculent” and “reçurent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,556
- “reculent” frequency rank
- #32,161
- “reçurent” frequency rank
- 64717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reculent | reçurent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de reculer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de recevoir. |
Where the eye mixes reculent and reçurent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reculent and reçurent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses reculent with reçurent
A purely visual mix-up. reculent (\ʁə.kyl\) and reçurent (\ʁə.syʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reculent is recorded at frequency rank #32,556, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kyl\. reçurent is at rank #32,161, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.syʁ\.
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 64717, this pair ranks #75,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reculent vs reçurent
Shared letters: enrtu. Private to "reculent": cl. Private to "reçurent": ç.
"reculent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "reçurent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reculent ← erculent · rceulent · recculent · recluent · recuelnt · reculennt · reculentt · reculetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reculent" for "reçurent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reculent" or "reçurent"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reculent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reçurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,683 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reculent" and "reçurent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recèlent vs reculent". 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 #75,683 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.