Which to use
“redonné” and “redonner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,393
- “redonné” frequency rank
- #9,066
- “redonner” frequency rank
- 31459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redonné | redonner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de redonner. | Donner de nouveau la même chose. |
Same sound, different letters: redonné vs redonner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. redonné runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against redonner's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - redonné / redonner
This is the hard kind. redonné and redonner are pronounced identically (\ʁə.dɔ.ne\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redonné is recorded at frequency rank #22,393, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.dɔ.ne\. redonner is at rank #9,066, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.dɔ.ne\.
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 31459, this pair ranks #303,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redonné vs redonner
Shared letters: denor. Private to "redonné": é. Private to "redonner": -.
"redonné" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "redonner" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redonner ← erdonner · rdeonner · reddonner · rednoner · redonenr · redoner · redonnerr · redonnre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redonné" for "redonner" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "redonné" or "redonner" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "redonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redonner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #303,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redonné" and "redonner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Redon vs redonné". 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 #303,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.