RedonvsrêvonsTell them apart

Quick tell: Redon is a name, rêvons is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Redon” is a name and “rêvons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,678
“Redon” frequency rank
#44,715
“rêvons” frequency rank
80393
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Redon rêvons
Definition Commune française, située dans le département d’Ille-et-Vilaine. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rêver.

Where the eye mixes Redon and rêvons

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

5 ch
Redon
6 ch
rêvons

Look-alike desk: Redon vs rêvons

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Redon is \ʁə.dɔ̃\ while rêvons is \ʁɛ.vɔ̃\. 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 (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80393, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Redon is recorded at frequency rank #35,678, classified as aname, pronounced \ʁə.dɔ̃\. rêvons is at rank #44,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɛ.vɔ̃\.

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 80393, this pair ranks #21,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Redon vs rêvons

Shared letters: nor. Private to "Redon": de. Private to "rêvons": svê.

"Redon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "rêvons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Redon ← erdon · rdeon · reddon · redno · redonn · reodn · rredon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Redon" and "rêvons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Redon" is a name and "rêvons" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Redon" vs "rêvons" - which ranks higher?
"Redon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,678 in our French list, against #44,715 for "rêvons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Redon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rêvons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Redon" and "rêvons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "révolus vs rêvons". 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 #21,054 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