Which to use
“reprenant” and “reprennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,380
- “reprenant” frequency rank
- #8,611
- “reprennent” frequency rank
- 17991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprenant | reprennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de reprendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. |
Where the eye mixes reprenant and reprennent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reprenant runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against reprennent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses reprenant with reprennent
A purely visual mix-up. reprenant (\ʁə.pʁə.nɑ̃\) and reprennent (\ʁə.pʁɛn\) 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 17991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprenant is recorded at frequency rank #9,380, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁə.nɑ̃\. reprennent is at rank #8,611, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɛn\.
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 17991, this pair ranks #380,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reprenant vs reprennent
Shared letters: enprt. Private to "reprenant": a. Private to "reprennent": -.
"reprenant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "reprennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprenant ← erprenant · repernant · repprenant · repreannt · reprenannt · reprenantt · reprenatn · reprennant
- reprennent ← erprennent · repernnent · repprennent · reprenennt · reprenent · reprennennt · reprennentt · reprennetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reprenant" for "reprennent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reprenant" vs "reprennent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprenant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprenant" and "reprennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprenant vs répugnant". 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 #380,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.