Which to use
“redire” and “redirigé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,656
- “redire” frequency rank
- #41,491
- “redirigé” frequency rank
- 54147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redire | redirigé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répéter, dire une même chose plusieurs fois. | Participe passé masculin singulier de rediriger. |
Where the eye mixes redire and redirigé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. redire runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against redirigé's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between redire and redirigé
A purely visual mix-up. redire (\ʁə.diʁ\) and redirigé (\ʁə.di.ʁi.ʒe\) 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 54147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redire is recorded at frequency rank #12,656, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.diʁ\. redirigé is at rank #41,491, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.di.ʁi.ʒe\.
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 54147, this pair ranks #135,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redire vs redirigé
Shared letters: deir. Private to "redire": -. Private to "redirigé": gé.
"redire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "redirigé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- redire ← erdire · rdeire · reddire · redier · redirre · redrie · reidre · rredire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redire" for "redirigé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "redire" or "redirigé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "redire" and "redirigé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "redire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redirigé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,954 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redire" and "redirigé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redirigé vs rediriger". 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 #135,954 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.