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

#46,996
“reprendrai” frequency rank
#15,488
“reviendrai” frequency rank
62484
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprendrai reviendrai
Definition Première personne du singulier du futur de reprendre. Première personne du singulier du futur de revenir.

Where the eye mixes reprendrai and reviendrai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reprendrai (CVCCVCCCVV) and reviendrai (CVCVVCCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

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reprendrai
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reviendrai

Why the eye confuses reprendrai with reviendrai

A purely visual mix-up. reprendrai (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\) and reviendrai (\ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe\) 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 62484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reprendrai is recorded at frequency rank #46,996, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\. reviendrai is at rank #15,488, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe\.

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 62484, this pair ranks #86,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reprendrai vs reviendrai

Shared letters: adeinr. Private to "reprendrai": p. Private to "reviendrai": v.

"reprendrai" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCCVV  ·  "reviendrai" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprendrai ← erprendrai · reperndrai · repprendrai · reprednrai · reprendari · reprenddrai · reprendria · reprendrrai
  • reviendrai ← erviendrai · reivendrai · reveindrai · reviednrai · reviendari · revienddrai · reviendria · reviendrrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reprendrai" for "reviendrai" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁe\ versus \ʁə.vjɛ̃.dʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reprendrai" vs "reviendrai" - which ranks higher?
"reviendrai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,488 in our French list, against #46,996 for "reprendrai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprendrai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reviendrai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #86,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprendrai" and "reviendrai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprendrai 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 #86,873 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