réduisantvsrelisantWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#11,294
“réduisant” frequency rank
#39,498
“relisant” frequency rank
50792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réduisant relisant
Definition Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) Participe présent de relire.

Letter map: réduisant vs relisant

Shared letters muted; letters that set réduisant and relisant apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. réduisant runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against relisant's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
réduisant
8 ch
relisant

Part-of-speech tell for réduisant / relisant

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réduisant is anadjective and relisantaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réduisant is recorded at frequency rank #11,294, classified as anadj. relisant is at rank #39,498, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.li.zɑ̃\.

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 50792, this pair ranks #159,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réduisant vs relisant

Shared letters: ainrst. Private to "réduisant": dué. Private to "relisant": el.

"réduisant" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC  ·  "relisant" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relisant ← erlisant · reilsant · reliasnt · relisannt · relisantt · relisatn · relisnat · relissant

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réduisant" for "relisant" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réduisant" is an adjective and "relisant" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réduisant" or "relisant"?
"réduisant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,294 in our French list, against #39,498 for "relisant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "réduisant" vs "relisant" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réduisant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réduisant" and "relisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "récitant vs relisant". 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 #159,952 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