reditvsréduisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: redit is a noun, réduis is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“redit” is a noun and “réduis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,212
“redit” frequency rank
#44,708
“réduis” frequency rank
75920
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redit réduis
Definition Écho, répétition, réitération. Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de réduire.

Where the eye mixes redit and réduis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. redit runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against réduis's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
redit
6 ch
réduis

Visual trap between redit and réduis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redit is \ʁə.di\ while réduis is \ʁe.dɥi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redit is recorded at frequency rank #31,212, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.di\. réduis is at rank #44,708, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.dɥi\.

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 75920, this pair ranks #32,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of redit vs réduis

Shared letters: dir. Private to "redit": et. Private to "réduis": sué.

"redit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "réduis" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redit ← erdit · rdeit · reditt · redti · reidt · rredit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "redit" for "réduis" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "redit" is a noun and "réduis" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "redit" or "réduis" show up more?
"redit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,212 in our French list, against #44,708 for "réduis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "redit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réduis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redit" and "réduis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduis vs Reis". 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 #32,624 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