Which to use
“reprennent” and “reviennent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,611
- “reprennent” frequency rank
- #5,604
- “reviennent” frequency rank
- 14215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprennent | reviennent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de reprendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de revenir. |
Where the eye mixes reprennent and reviennent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reprennent (CVCCVCCVCC) and reviennent (CVCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between reprennent and reviennent
A purely visual mix-up. reprennent (\ʁə.pʁɛn\) and reviennent (\ʁə.vjɛn\) 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 14215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprennent is recorded at frequency rank #8,611, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁɛn\. reviennent is at rank #5,604, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.vjɛn\.
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 14215, this pair ranks #397,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reprennent vs reviennent
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "reprennent": p. Private to "reviennent": iv.
"reprennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC · "reviennent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reprennent ← erprennent · repernnent · repprennent · reprenennt · reprenent · reprennennt · reprennentt · reprennetn
- reviennent ← erviennent · reivennent · reveinnent · revienennt · revienent · reviennennt · reviennentt · reviennetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reprennent" for "reviennent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reprennent" or "reviennent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reprennent" and "reviennent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprennent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reviennent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprennent" and "reviennent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "revendent vs reviennent". 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 #397,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.