reprenantvsreprenonsTell them apart

Which to use

“reprenant” and “reprenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,380
“reprenant” frequency rank
#23,672
“reprenons” frequency rank
33052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprenant reprenons
Definition Participe présent de reprendre. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe reprendre.

Where the eye mixes reprenant and reprenons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
reprenant
9 ch
reprenons

Visual trap between reprenant and reprenons

A purely visual mix-up. reprenant (\ʁə.pʁə.nɑ̃\) and reprenons (\ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33052, 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\. reprenons is at rank #23,672, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\.

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 33052, this pair ranks #293,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reprenant vs reprenons

Shared letters: enpr. Private to "reprenant": at. Private to "reprenons": os.

"reprenant" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC  ·  "reprenons" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprenanterprenant · repernant · repprenant · repreannt · reprenannt · reprenantt · reprenatn · reprennant
  • reprenonserprenons · repernons · repprenons · reprennons · reprennos · reprenonns · reprenonss · reprenosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reprenant" and "reprenons" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pʁə.nɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reprenant" vs "reprenons" - which ranks higher?
"reprenant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,380 in our French list, against #23,672 for "reprenons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprenant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reprenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #293,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprenant" and "reprenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprenons vs retenons". 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 #293,170 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