reprendsvsreprenonsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,120
“reprends” frequency rank
#23,672
“reprenons” frequency rank
34792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reprends reprenons
Definition Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe reprendre.

Where the eye mixes reprends and reprenons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
reprends
9 ch
reprenons

Visual trap between reprends and reprenons

A purely visual mix-up. reprends (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃\) and reprenons (\ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\) 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 34792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reprends is recorded at frequency rank #11,120, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɑ̃\. reprenons is at rank #23,672, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\.

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 34792, this pair ranks #281,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reprends vs reprenons

Shared letters: enprs. Private to "reprends": d. Private to "reprenons": o.

"reprends" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "reprenons" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reprendserprends · repernds · repprends · repredns · reprendds · reprendss · reprennds · reprensd
  • reprenonserprenons · repernons · repprenons · reprennons · reprennos · reprenonns · reprenonss · reprenosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reprends" and "reprenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.pʁɑ̃\ versus \ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reprends" or "reprenons"?
"reprends" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,120 in our French list, against #23,672 for "reprenons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reprends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reprenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,337 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reprends" and "reprenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprenons vs retenons". 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 #281,337 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