réduiraitvsréduisantTell them apart

Quick tell: réduirait is a verb, réduisant is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réduirait” is a verb and “réduisant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,575
“réduirait” frequency rank
#11,294
“réduisant” frequency rank
43869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réduirait réduisant
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel de réduire. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Letter map: réduirait vs réduisant

Shared letters muted; letters that set réduirait and réduisant apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. réduirait (CVCVVCVVC) and réduisant (CVCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
réduirait
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réduisant

Role in the sentence - réduirait and réduisant

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réduirait is averb and réduisantanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réduirait is recorded at frequency rank #32,575, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.dɥi.ʁɛ\. réduisant is at rank #11,294, tagged as anadj.

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 43869, this pair ranks #214,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réduirait vs réduisant

Shared letters: adirtué. Private to "réduirait": -. Private to "réduisant": ns.

"réduirait" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVVC  ·  "réduisant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "réduirait" and "réduisant" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réduirait" is a verb and "réduisant" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réduirait" vs "réduisant" - which ranks higher?
"réduisant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,294 in our French list, against #32,575 for "réduirait". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "réduirait" and "réduisant". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réduirait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réduisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réduirait" and "réduisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduirait vs réduisait". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #214,774 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