Which to use
“reach” and “rédac” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,998
- “reach” frequency rank
- #42,593
- “rédac” frequency rank
- 80591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reach | rédac |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pourcentage de cible ayant été touchée par une campagne marketing. | Rédaction, devoir scolaire. |
Where the eye mixes reach and rédac
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reach (CVVCC) and rédac (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between reach and rédac
A purely visual mix-up. reach (\ʁitʃ\) and rédac (\ʁe.dak\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reach is recorded at frequency rank #37,998, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁitʃ\. rédac is at rank #42,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.dak\.
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 80591, this pair ranks #20,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reach vs rédac
Shared letters: acr. Private to "reach": eh. Private to "rédac": dé.
"reach" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "rédac" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reach ← erach · raech · reacch · reachh · reahc · recah · rreach
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reach" and "rédac" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reach" vs "rédac" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reach" and "rédac" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rédac" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reach" and "rédac" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rédac vs rénal". 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 #20,590 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.