Which to use
“ready” and “rendu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,751
- “ready” frequency rank
- #1,042
- “rendu” frequency rank
- 22793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ready | rendu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prêt , prête. | Qui est remis à destination. (Voir aussi rendu Rouen.) |
Where the eye mixes ready and rendu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses ready with rendu
A purely visual mix-up. ready (\ˈɹɛd.i\) and rendu (\ʁɑ̃.dy\) 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 22793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ready is recorded at frequency rank #21,751, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈɹɛd.i\. rendu is at rank #1,042, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.dy\.
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 22793, this pair ranks #356,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ready vs rendu
Shared letters: der. Private to "ready": ay. Private to "rendu": nu.
"ready" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "rendu" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ready" and "rendu" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ready" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rendu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ready" and "rendu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ready vs ryad". 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 #356,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.