redonnévsréponseTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#22,393
“redonné” frequency rank
#698
“réponse” frequency rank
23091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redonné réponse
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de redonner. Parole dite, ou acte effectué, en réaction à une question posée, une demande, ou à une déclaration, ou encore à un évènement.

Where the eye mixes redonné and réponse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. redonné and réponse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
redonné
7 ch
réponse

Visual trap between redonné and réponse

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redonné is \ʁə.dɔ.ne\ while réponse is \ʁe.pɔ̃s\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23091, 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\. réponse is at rank #698, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃s\.

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 23091, this pair ranks #354,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of redonné vs réponse

Shared letters: enoré. Private to "redonné": d. Private to "réponse": ps.

"redonné" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "réponse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redonné" and "réponse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "redonné" is a verb and "réponse" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "redonné" vs "réponse" - which ranks higher?
"réponse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #698 in our French list, against #22,393 for "redonné". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "redonné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réponse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #354,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redonné" and "réponse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Redon vs redonné". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #354,418 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