reprendravsreprendreWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#15,231
“reprendra” frequency rank
#1,674
“reprendre” frequency rank
16905
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprendra reprendre
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de reprendre. Prendre de nouveau.

Where the eye mixes reprendra and reprendre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
reprendra
9 ch
reprendre

Why the eye confuses reprendra with reprendre

A purely visual mix-up. reprendra (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁa\) and reprendre (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\) 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 a single letter - a in “reprendra” becomes e in “reprendre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reprendra is recorded at frequency rank #15,231, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁa\. reprendre is at rank #1,674, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\.

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 16905, this pair ranks #385,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reprendra vs reprendre

Shared letters: denpr. Private to "reprendra": a. Private to "reprendre": -.

"reprendra" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV  ·  "reprendre" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprendraerprendra · reperndra · repprendra · reprednra · reprendar · reprenddra · reprendrra · reprenndra
  • reprendreerprendre · reperndre · repprendre · reprednre · reprenddre · reprender · reprendrre · reprenndre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reprendra" for "reprendre" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁa\ versus \ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reprendra" vs "reprendre" - which ranks higher?
"reprendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,674 in our French list, against #15,231 for "reprendra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprendra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reprendre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #385,701 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprendra" and "reprendre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprendra vs reprendrait". 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 #385,701 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