rédigésvsredisTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,271
“rédigés” frequency rank
#22,674
“redis” frequency rank
42945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rédigés redis
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de rédiger. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de redire.

Where the eye mixes rédigés and redis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. rédigés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against redis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rédigés
5 ch
redis

Why the eye confuses rédigés with redis

A purely visual mix-up. rédigés (\ʁe.di.ʒe\) and redis (\ʁə.di\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rédigés is recorded at frequency rank #20,271, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.di.ʒe\. redis is at rank #22,674, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.di\.

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 42945, this pair ranks #221,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rédigés vs redis

Shared letters: dirs. Private to "rédigés": gé. Private to "redis": e.

"rédigés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "redis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redis ← erdis · rdeis · reddis · rediss · redsi · reids · rredis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rédigés" for "redis" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.di.ʒe\ versus \ʁə.di\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rédigés" or "redis" show up more?
"rédigés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,271 in our French list, against #22,674 for "redis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rédigés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "redis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #221,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rédigés" and "redis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redis vs relit". 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 #221,749 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