Which to use
“redoutée” and “redoutent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,138
- “redoutée” frequency rank
- #32,149
- “redoutent” frequency rank
- 76287
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redoutée | redoutent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de redouter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de redouter. |
Where the eye mixes redoutée and redoutent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. redoutée runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVV) against redoutent's 9 (CVCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between redoutée and redoutent
A purely visual mix-up. redoutée (\ʁə.du.te\) and redoutent (\ʁə.dut\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
redoutée is recorded at frequency rank #44,138, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.du.te\. redoutent is at rank #32,149, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.dut\.
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 76287, this pair ranks #31,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of redoutée vs redoutent
Shared letters: deortu. Private to "redoutée": é. Private to "redoutent": n.
"redoutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "redoutent" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redoutent ← erdoutent · rdeoutent · reddoutent · redotuent · redouetnt · redoutennt · redoutentt · redoutetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "redoutée" for "redoutent" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "redoutée" or "redoutent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "redoutée" and "redoutent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "redoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redoutent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redoutée" and "redoutent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redoutée vs refoulée". 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 #31,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.