Which to use
“réponse” and “réponses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #698
- “réponse” frequency rank
- #2,149
- “réponses” frequency rank
- 2847
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réponse | réponses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Parole dite, ou acte effectué, en réaction à une question posée, une demande, ou à une déclaration, ou encore à un évènement. | Pluriel de réponse. |
Same sound, different letters: réponse vs réponses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. réponse runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against réponses's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - réponse and réponses
This is the hard kind. réponse and réponses are pronounced identically (\ʁe.pɔ̃s\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “réponse” sits inside “réponses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réponse is recorded at frequency rank #698, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃s\. réponses is at rank #2,149, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.pɔ̃s\.
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 2847, this pair ranks #435,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of réponse vs réponses
Shared letters: enoprsé. Private to "réponse": -. Private to "réponses": -.
"réponse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "réponses" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "réponse" and "réponses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "réponse" or "réponses"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "réponse" / "réponses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "réponse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "réponses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,360 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réponse" and "réponses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réponse vs rêvons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #435,360 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.