rééluevsréélusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#40,482
“réélue” frequency rank
#44,714
“réélus” frequency rank
85196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réélue réélus
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réélire. Participe passé masculin pluriel de réélire.

Same sound, different letters: réélue vs réélus

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. réélue (CVVCVV) and réélus (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
réélue
6 ch
réélus

Ear matches; page differs - réélue and réélus

This is the hard kind. réélue and réélus are pronounced identically (\ʁe.e.ly\) 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 differ by a single letter - e in “réélue” becomes s in “réélus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réélue is recorded at frequency rank #40,482, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.e.ly\. réélus is at rank #44,714, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.e.ly\.

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 85196, this pair ranks #11,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réélue vs réélus

Shared letters: lrué. Private to "réélue": e. Private to "réélus": s.

"réélue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "réélus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réélue" and "réélus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.e.ly\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "réélue" vs "réélus" - which ranks higher?
"réélue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,482 in our French list, against #44,714 for "réélus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"réélue" and "réélus" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réélue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réélus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #11,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réélue" and "réélus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réélus vs révolus". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #11,747 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