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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reprenant" and "reprenons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reprenant" vs "reprenons" - which ranks higher?
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.