Which to use
“reprend” and “reprends” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,895
- “reprend” frequency rank
- #11,120
- “reprends” frequency rank
- 14015
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprend | reprends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: reprend vs reprends
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reprend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against reprends's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: reprend vs reprends
This is the hard kind. reprend and reprends are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃\) and both work as averb. 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) - “reprend” sits inside “reprends”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprend is recorded at frequency rank #2,895, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃\. reprends is at rank #11,120, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃\.
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 14015, this pair ranks #398,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reprend vs reprends
Shared letters: denpr. Private to "reprend": -. Private to "reprends": s.
"reprend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "reprends" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reprend" for "reprends" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reprend" vs "reprends" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "reprend" / "reprends". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprend" and "reprends" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réparent vs reprend". 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 #398,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.