réformévsrenforceConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#23,357
“réformé” frequency rank
#8,297
“renforce” frequency rank
31654
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réformé renforce
Definition Qui n’est plus utilisé Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de renforcer.

Letter map: réformé vs renforce

Shared letters muted; letters that set réformé and renforce apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
réformé
8 ch
renforce

Part-of-speech tell for réformé / renforce

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réformé is anadjective and renforceaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31654, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réformé is recorded at frequency rank #23,357, classified as anadj. renforce is at rank #8,297, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.fɔʁs\.

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 31654, this pair ranks #302,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réformé vs renforce

Shared letters: for. Private to "réformé": . Private to "renforce": cen.

"réformé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "renforce" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renforceernforce · refnorce · renfforce · renfocre · renforcce · renforec · renforrce · renfroce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réformé" for "renforce" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réformé" is an adjective and "renforce" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "réformé" or "renforce" show up more?
"renforce" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,297 in our French list, against #23,357 for "réformé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "réformé" and "renforce". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réformé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renforce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #302,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réformé" and "renforce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformé vs réformées". 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 #302,437 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