Which to use
“répondre” and “reprendre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #814
- “répondre” frequency rank
- #1,674
- “reprendre” frequency rank
- 2488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | répondre | reprendre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donner une réponse à ce qui a été dit ou demandé. | Prendre de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes répondre and reprendre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: répondre vs reprendre
A purely visual mix-up. répondre (\ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ\) and reprendre (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
répondre is recorded at frequency rank #814, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃dʁ\. reprendre is at rank #1,674, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.
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 2488, this pair ranks #436,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of répondre vs reprendre
Shared letters: denpr. Private to "répondre": oé. Private to "reprendre": -.
"répondre" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCV · "reprendre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprendre ← erprendre · reperndre · repprendre · reprednre · reprenddre · reprender · reprendrre · reprenndre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "répondre" and "reprendre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "répondre" or "reprendre"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "répondre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,044 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "répondre" and "reprendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprendrai vs reprendre". 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 #436,044 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.