rebondvsrebondsConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
rebond
7 ch
rebonds

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

  • rebond ← erbond · rbeond · rebbond · rebnod · rebodn · rebondd · rebonnd · reobnd
  • rebonds ← erbonds · rbeonds · rebbonds · rebnods · rebodns · rebondds · rebondss · rebonnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rebond" and "rebonds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.bɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "rebond" or "rebonds" show up more?
"rebond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,125 in our French list, against #21,136 for "rebonds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list