Which to use
“réac” is an adjective and “reus” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,023
- “réac” frequency rank
- #38,513
- “reus” frequency rank
- 80536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réac | reus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Réactionnaire, qui est attaché à des valeurs traditionnelles que certains considèrent comme dépassées. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif passé simple du verbe ravoir. |
Where the eye mixes réac and reus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. réac and reus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: réac vs reus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réac is \ʁe.ak\ while reus is \ʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réac is recorded at frequency rank #42,023, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.ak\. reus is at rank #38,513, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁy\.
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 80536, this pair ranks #20,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of réac vs reus
Shared letters: r. Private to "réac": acé. Private to "reus": esu.
"réac" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "reus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reus ← erus · resu · rreus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "réac" for "reus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "réac" or "reus"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "réac" and "reus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "réac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réac" and "reus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réac vs Reis". 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 #20,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.