Which to use
“redoute” is a noun and “reporté” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,462
- “redoute” frequency rank
- #15,484
- “reporté” frequency rank
- 27946
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redoute | reporté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce de fortification détachée ; petit fort fermé, construit en terre ou en maçonnerie, et propre à recevoir de l’artillerie. | Participe passé masculin singulier de reporter. |
Where the eye mixes redoute and reporté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. redoute (CVCVVCV) and reporté (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: redoute vs reporté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redoute is \ʁə.dut\ while reporté is \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redoute is recorded at frequency rank #12,462, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.dut\. reporté is at rank #15,484, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\.
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 27946, this pair ranks #325,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of redoute vs reporté
Shared letters: eort. Private to "redoute": du. Private to "reporté": pé.
"redoute" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "reporté" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- redoute ← erdoute · rdeoute · reddoute · redotue · redouet · redoutte · reduote · reodute
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "redoute" and "reporté" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "redoute" vs "reporté" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "redoute" and "reporté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "redoute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reporté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #325,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redoute" and "reporté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparlé vs reporté". 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 #325,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.