Which to use
“rétabli” and “rétablis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,470
- “rétabli” frequency rank
- #38,526
- “rétablis” frequency rank
- 51996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rétabli | rétablis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui s’est rétabli de sa maladie. | Pluriel de rétabli. |
Same sound, different letters: rétabli vs rétablis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rétabli runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against rétablis's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - rétabli and rétablis
This is the hard kind. rétabli and rétablis are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ta.bli\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rétabli” sits inside “rétablis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rétabli is recorded at frequency rank #13,470, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ta.bli\. rétablis is at rank #38,526, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ta.bli\.
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 51996, this pair ranks #150,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rétabli vs rétablis
Shared letters: abilrté. Private to "rétabli": -. Private to "rétablis": s.
"rétabli" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "rétablis" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rétabli" for "rétablis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rétabli" or "rétablis" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "rétabli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rétablis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rétabli" and "rétablis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retable vs rétablis". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #150,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.