Which to use
“redevable” and “redevables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,127
- “redevable” frequency rank
- #33,864
- “redevables” frequency rank
- 52991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redevable | redevables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas tout payé, qui reste débiteur tout compte fait. | Pluriel de redevable. |
Same sound, different letters: redevable vs redevables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - redevable and redevables
This is the hard kind. redevable and redevables are pronounced identically (\ʁə.də.vabl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “redevable” sits inside “redevables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redevable is recorded at frequency rank #19,127, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.də.vabl\. redevables is at rank #33,864, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.də.vabl\.
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 52991, this pair ranks #143,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redevable vs redevables
Shared letters: abdelrv. Private to "redevable": -. Private to "redevables": s.
"redevable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "redevables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redevable ← erdevable · rdeevable · reddevable · redeavble · redevabble · redevabel · redevablle · redevalbe
- redevables ← erdevables · rdeevables · reddevables · redeavbles · redevabbles · redevabels · redevabless · redevablles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "redevable" and "redevables" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "redevable" or "redevables" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "redevable" / "redevables". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "redevable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redevables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,845 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redevable" and "redevables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recevables vs redevables". 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 #143,845 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.