Which to use
“repensé” and “réponde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,338
- “repensé” frequency rank
- #14,789
- “réponde” frequency rank
- 45127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repensé | réponde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de repenser. | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de répondre. |
Where the eye mixes repensé and réponde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. repensé and réponde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: repensé vs réponde
A purely visual mix-up. repensé (\ʁə.pɑ̃.se\) and réponde (\ʁe.pɔ̃d\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repensé is recorded at frequency rank #30,338, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɑ̃.se\. réponde is at rank #14,789, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃d\.
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 45127, this pair ranks #205,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repensé vs réponde
Shared letters: enpré. Private to "repensé": s. Private to "réponde": do.
"repensé" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "réponde" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "repensé" and "réponde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "repensé" or "réponde"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "repensé" and "réponde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "repensé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réponde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repensé" and "réponde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repensé vs rêveuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #205,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.