Which to use
“redoublé” and “redoutable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,433
- “redoublé” frequency rank
- #9,730
- “redoutable” frequency rank
- 43163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redoublé | redoutable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fait plusieurs fois (surtout dans certaines expressions). | Qui est à redouter ; qui inspire la crainte, l'angoisse. |
Where the eye mixes redoublé and redoutable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. redoublé runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against redoutable's 10 (CVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: redoublé vs redoutable
A purely visual mix-up. redoublé (\ʁə.du.ble\) and redoutable (\ʁə.du.tabl\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redoublé is recorded at frequency rank #33,433, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.du.ble\. redoutable is at rank #9,730, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.du.tabl\.
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 43163, this pair ranks #220,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redoublé vs redoutable
Shared letters: bdeloru. Private to "redoublé": é. Private to "redoutable": at.
"redoublé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "redoutable" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- redoutable ← erdoutable · rdeoutable · reddoutable · redotuable · redouatble · redoutabble · redoutabel · redoutablle
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redoublé" for "redoutable" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "redoublé" or "redoutable" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "redoublé" and "redoutable" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "redoublé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redoutable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #220,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redoublé" and "redoutable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redoublé vs rouble". 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 #220,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.