Which to use
“redevance” and “redevances” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,850
- “redevance” frequency rank
- #18,037
- “redevances” frequency rank
- 30887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redevance | redevances |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rente, somme payable à termes fixes, généralement en contrepartie d’un service. | Pluriel de redevance. |
Same sound, different letters: redevance vs redevances
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Homophone desk: redevance vs redevances
This is the hard kind. redevance and redevances are pronounced identically (\ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\) 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) - “redevance” sits inside “redevances”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redevance is recorded at frequency rank #12,850, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\. redevances is at rank #18,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.də.vɑ̃s\.
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 30887, this pair ranks #307,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redevance vs redevances
Shared letters: acdenrv. Private to "redevance": -. Private to "redevances": s.
"redevance" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "redevances" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redevance ← erdevance · rdeevance · reddevance · redeavnce · redevacne · redevancce · redevanec · redevannce
- redevances ← erdevances · rdeevances · reddevances · redeavnces · redevacnes · redevancces · redevancess · redevancse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "redevance" and "redevances" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "redevance" or "redevances"?
What to do next
"redevance" and "redevances" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "redevance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redevances" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #307,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redevance" and "redevances" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redevables vs redevances". 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 #307,367 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.