Which to use
“reprenne” and “reprennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,045
- “reprenne” frequency rank
- #8,611
- “reprennent” frequency rank
- 26656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprenne | reprennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de reprendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. |
Same sound, different letters: reprenne vs reprennent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. reprenne runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against reprennent's 10 (CVCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: reprenne vs reprennent
This is the hard kind. reprenne and reprennent are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pʁɛn\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “reprenne” sits inside “reprennent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprenne is recorded at frequency rank #18,045, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɛn\. reprennent is at rank #8,611, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɛn\.
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 26656, this pair ranks #333,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reprenne vs reprennent
Shared letters: enpr. Private to "reprenne": -. Private to "reprennent": t.
"reprenne" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "reprennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprenne ← erprenne · repernne · repprenne · reprene · reprenen · reprnene · reprrenne · rerpenne
- reprennent ← erprennent · repernnent · repprennent · reprenennt · reprenent · reprennennt · reprennentt · reprennetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reprenne" and "reprennent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reprenne" or "reprennent"?
Useful next steps
"reprenne" and "reprennent" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprenne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reprennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,632 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprenne" and "reprennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reprenne vs retienne". 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 #333,632 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.