redoutéevsreportéeTell them apart

Which to use

“redoutée” and “reportée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,138
“redoutée” frequency rank
#21,442
“reportée” frequency rank
65580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redoutée reportée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de redouter. Participe passé féminin singulier de reporter.

Where the eye mixes redoutée and reportée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. redoutée (CVCVVCVV) and reportée (CVCVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
redoutée
8 ch
reportée

Visual trap between redoutée and reportée

A purely visual mix-up. redoutée (\ʁə.du.te\) and reportée (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65580, 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\. reportée is at rank #21,442, 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 65580, this pair ranks #71,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of redoutée vs reportée

Shared letters: eorté. Private to "redoutée": du. Private to "reportée": p.

"redoutée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV  ·  "reportée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "redoutée" and "reportée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.du.te\ versus \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "redoutée" vs "reportée" - which ranks higher?
"reportée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,442 in our French list, against #44,138 for "redoutée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "redoutée" and "reportée" 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 "reportée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,696 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redoutée" and "reportée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redoutée vs refoulée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #71,696 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