reprendvsreprenezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,895
“reprend” frequency rank
#30,340
“reprenez” frequency rank
33235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprend reprenez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de reprendre.

Where the eye mixes reprend and reprenez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reprend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against reprenez's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reprend
8 ch
reprenez

Visual trap between reprend and reprenez

A purely visual mix-up. reprend (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃\) and reprenez (\ʁə.pʁə.ne\) 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 33235, 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\. reprenez is at rank #30,340, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁə.ne\.

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 33235, this pair ranks #291,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reprend vs reprenez

Shared letters: enpr. Private to "reprend": d. Private to "reprenez": z.

"reprend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "reprenez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprenderprend · repernd · repprend · repredn · reprendd · reprennd · reprned · reprrend
  • reprenezerprenez · repernez · repprenez · repreenz · reprenezz · reprennez · reprenze · reprneez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reprend" and "reprenez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.pʁə.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reprend" vs "reprenez" - which ranks higher?
"reprend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,895 in our French list, against #30,340 for "reprenez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reprenez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprend" and "reprenez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repreneur vs reprenez". 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 #291,989 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