Which to use
“redire” and “réduise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,656
- “redire” frequency rank
- #40,980
- “réduise” frequency rank
- 53636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redire | réduise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Répéter, dire une même chose plusieurs fois. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de réduire. |
Where the eye mixes redire and réduise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. redire 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.
Look-alike desk: redire vs réduise
A purely visual mix-up. redire (\ʁə.diʁ\) 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 53636, 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\. 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 53636, this pair ranks #139,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redire vs réduise
Shared letters: deir. Private to "redire": -. Private to "réduise": sué.
"redire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "réduise" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- redire ← erdire · rdeire · reddire · redier · redirre · redrie · reidre · rredire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "redire" and "réduise" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "redire" or "réduise" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "redire" 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 #139,389 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redire" and "réduise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduise vs réduisez". 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 #139,389 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.