Which to use
“redoutée” and “redouter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,138
- “redoutée” frequency rank
- #31,681
- “redouter” frequency rank
- 75819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | redoutée | redouter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de redouter. | Craindre fort. |
Same sound, different letters: redoutée vs redouter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: redoutée vs redouter
This is the hard kind. redoutée and redouter are pronounced identically (\ʁə.du.te\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75819, 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\. redouter is at rank #31,681, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.du.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 75819, this pair ranks #32,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of redoutée vs redouter
Shared letters: deortu. Private to "redoutée": é. Private to "redouter": -.
"redoutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "redouter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- redouter ← erdouter · rdeouter · reddouter · redotuer · redouetr · redouterr · redoutre · redoutter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "redoutée" and "redouter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "redoutée" or "redouter"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "redoutée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redouter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "redoutée" and "redouter" 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 #32,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.