Which to use
“rebond” and “rebonds” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,125
- “rebond” frequency rank
- #21,136
- “rebonds” frequency rank
- 40261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rebond | rebonds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de rebondir. | Pluriel de rebond. |
Same sound, different letters: rebond vs rebonds
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. rebond runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against rebonds's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: rebond vs rebonds
This is the hard kind. rebond and rebonds are pronounced identically (\ʁə.bɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rebond” sits inside “rebonds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rebond is recorded at frequency rank #19,125, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.bɔ̃\. rebonds is at rank #21,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.bɔ̃\.
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 40261, this pair ranks #241,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rebond vs rebonds
Shared letters: bdenor. Private to "rebond": -. Private to "rebonds": s.
"rebond" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "rebonds" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rebond" and "rebonds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "rebond" or "rebonds" show up more?
What to do next
"rebond" and "rebonds" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "rebond" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rebonds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #241,805 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rebond" and "rebonds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rebonds vs rêvons". 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 #241,805 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.