réfléchisse vs réfléchissent

Which to use

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

#34,733
“réfléchisse” frequency rank: #22,688
“réfléchissent” frequency rank: 57421
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	réfléchisse	réfléchissent
Definition	Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de réfléchir.	Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de réfléchir.

Same sound, different letters: réfléchisse vs réfléchissent

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. réfléchisse runs 11 letters (CVCCVCCVCCV) against réfléchissent's 13 (CVCCVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch

réfléchisse

13 ch

réfléchissent

Ear matches; page differs - réfléchisse and réfléchissent

This is the hard kind. réfléchisse and réfléchissent are pronounced identically (\ʁe.fle.ʃis\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “réfléchisse” sits inside “réfléchissent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réfléchisse is recorded at frequency rank #34,733, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.fle.ʃis\. réfléchissent is at rank #22,688, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.fle.ʃis\.

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 57421, this pair ranks #115,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réfléchisse vs réfléchissent

Shared letters: cefhilrsé. Private to "réfléchisse": -. Private to "réfléchissent": nt.

"réfléchisse" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV · "réfléchissent" · 13 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réfléchisse" and "réfléchissent" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁe.fle.ʃis\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Frequency check: "réfléchisse" vs "réfléchissent" - which ranks higher?

"réfléchissent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,688 in our French list, against #34,733 for "réfléchisse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "réfléchisse" / "réfléchissent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

Full dictionary entry for "réfléchisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "réfléchissent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #115,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"réfléchisse" and "réfléchissent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réfléchissait vs réfléchissent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #115,152 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.