réduisvsRémoisConfusable pair

Quick tell: réduis is a verb, Rémois is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réduis” is a verb and “Rémois” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,708
“réduis” frequency rank
#42,026
“Rémois” frequency rank
86734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réduis Rémois
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de réduire. Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département des Vosges intégrée dans la commune de Longchamp-sous-Châtenois.

Where the eye mixes réduis and Rémois

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réduis and Rémois follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
réduis
6 ch
Rémois

Why the eye confuses réduis with Rémois

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réduis is \ʁe.dɥi\ while Rémois is \ʁe.mwa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réduis is recorded at frequency rank #44,708, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.dɥi\. Rémois is at rank #42,026, tagged as aname, pronounced \ʁe.mwa\.

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 86734, this pair ranks #9,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réduis vs Rémois

Shared letters: irsé. Private to "réduis": du. Private to "Rémois": mo.

"réduis" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "Rémois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réduis" for "Rémois" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réduis" is a verb and "Rémois" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réduis" vs "Rémois" - which ranks higher?
"Rémois" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,026 in our French list, against #44,708 for "réduis". 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 "réduis" and "Rémois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réduis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rémois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réduis" and "Rémois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réduis vs Reis". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #9,247 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