rédigévsréduiseTell them apart

Which to use

“rédigé” and “réduise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,751
“rédigé” frequency rank
#40,980
“réduise” frequency rank
47731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédigé réduise
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de rédiger. Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de réduire.

Where the eye mixes rédigé and réduise

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rédigé runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against réduise's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rédigé
7 ch
réduise

Visual trap between rédigé and réduise

A purely visual mix-up. rédigé (\ʁe.di.ʒe\) and réduise (\ʁe.dɥiz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédigé is recorded at frequency rank #6,751, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\. réduise is at rank #40,980, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.dɥiz\.

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 47731, this pair ranks #184,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rédigé vs réduise

Shared letters: diré. Private to "rédigé": g. Private to "réduise": esu.

"rédigé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "réduise" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rédigé" for "réduise" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.di.ʒe\ versus \ʁe.dɥiz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "rédigé" or "réduise"?
"rédigé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,751 in our French list, against #40,980 for "réduise". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "rédigé" and "réduise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réduise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédigé" and "réduise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduise vs réduisez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #184,584 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