Which to use
“refonder” and “répondez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,682
- “refonder” frequency rank
- #10,575
- “répondez” frequency rank
- 55257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | refonder | répondez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner de nouvelles fondations à une entreprise, un pays, une ville... | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de répondre. |
Where the eye mixes refonder and répondez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. refonder and répondez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between refonder and répondez
A purely visual mix-up. refonder (\ʁə.fɔ̃.de\) and répondez (\ʁe.pɔ̃.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
refonder is recorded at frequency rank #44,682, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.fɔ̃.de\. répondez is at rank #10,575, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃.de\.
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 55257, this pair ranks #128,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of refonder vs répondez
Shared letters: denor. Private to "refonder": f. Private to "répondez": pzé.
"refonder" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "répondez" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- refonder ← erfonder · reffonder · refnoder · refodner · refondder · refonderr · refondre · refonedr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "refonder" and "répondez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "refonder" or "répondez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "refonder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "répondez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "refonder" and "répondez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "refonder vs refouler". 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 #128,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.