Which to use
“reprenons” and “retenons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,672
- “reprenons” frequency rank
- #49,327
- “retenons” frequency rank
- 72999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reprenons | retenons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe reprendre. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de retenir. |
Where the eye mixes reprenons and retenons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses reprenons with retenons
A purely visual mix-up. reprenons (\ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\) and retenons (\ʁə.tə.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 72999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reprenons is recorded at frequency rank #23,672, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃\. retenons is at rank #49,327, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tə.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 72999, this pair ranks #42,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reprenons vs retenons
Shared letters: enors. Private to "reprenons": p. Private to "retenons": t.
"reprenons" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "retenons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reprenons" and "retenons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reprenons" vs "retenons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reprenons" and "retenons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reprenons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retenons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,033 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reprenons" and "retenons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "répétons 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 #42,033 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.