répond

\ʁe.pɔ̃\

/\ʁe.pɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“répond” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,755
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répondre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repond · répond · French

répond · rank #1,755 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,755
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH réduire

Nearest frequency peer: réduire (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « répond »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « répond » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

répond vs rond
67% similar
répond vs repos
50% similar
répond vs report
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for répond
PropertyValue
Headwordrépond
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.pɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,755
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « répond »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.répondse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « réduire » (#1,754), « sentir » (#1,756), « sourire » (#1,757). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « répond » est au #1,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around répond (IPA \ʁe.pɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,755 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répondre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for répond, with forms such as "repond", "rpéond", and "rrépond". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rond", "repos", "report", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is répond, spelled R-É-P-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répondre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how répond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Déjà quand j’étais petit garçon, répond Siméon, j’épatais mes parents en composant des itinéraires dans le jardin pour mes modèles réduits de voitures.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • repond
  • rpéond
  • rrépond
  • réopnd
  • répnod
  • répodn
  • répondd
  • réponnd
  • réppond
  • érpond

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of répond - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

repond1rpéond2rrépond1réopnd2répnod2répodn2répondd1réponnd1
Edit distance from "répond"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "répond"?
"répond" is spelled R-É-P-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.pɔ̃\.
What does "répond" mean?
As a verb, "répond" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de répondre.
What words are commonly confused with "répond"?
"répond" is commonly confused with "rond", "repos", "report". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "répond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "répond" is \ʁe.pɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "répond" come from?
"répond" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "répond", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sentir#1,756quitte#1,752parles#1,750alcool#1,761

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

réduire10 variantstourner10 variantsnations10 variantshumains10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list