Which to use
“reprend” is a verb and “révérend” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,895
- “reprend” frequency rank
- #18,057
- “révérend” frequency rank
- 20952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprend | révérend |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. | Digne d’être révéré. |
Letter map: reprend vs révérend
Shared letters muted; letters that set reprend and révérend apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. reprend runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against révérend's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - reprend and révérend
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reprend is averb and révérendanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20952, 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\. révérend is at rank #18,057, tagged as anadj.
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 20952, this pair ranks #365,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reprend vs révérend
Shared letters: denr. Private to "reprend": p. Private to "révérend": vé.
"reprend" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "révérend" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprend ← erprend · repernd · repprend · repredn · reprendd · reprennd · reprned · reprrend
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reprend" and "révérend" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "reprend" or "révérend" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "reprend" vs "révérend" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprend" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "révérend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprend" and "révérend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repèrent vs révérend". 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 #365,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.