rétablievsrétablisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rétablie is a verb, rétablis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rétablie” is a verb and “rétablis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,980
“rétablie” frequency rank
#38,526
“rétablis” frequency rank
58506
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rétablie rétablis
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de rétablir. Pluriel de rétabli.

Same sound, different letters: rétablie vs rétablis

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rétablie (CVCVCCVV) and rétablis (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
rétablie
8 ch
rétablis

Ear matches; page differs - rétablie and rétablis

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rétablie and rétablis carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.ta.bli\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “rétablie” becomes s in “rétablis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rétablie is recorded at frequency rank #19,980, classified as averb, 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 58506, this pair ranks #108,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rétablie vs rétablis

Shared letters: abilrté. Private to "rétablie": e. Private to "rétablis": s.

"rétablie" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "rétablis" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rétablie" and "rétablis" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rétablie" is a verb and "rétablis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rétablie" vs "rétablis" - which ranks higher?
"rétablie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,980 in our French list, against #38,526 for "rétablis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rétablie" 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 #108,658 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rétablie" and "rétablis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retable vs rétablis". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #108,658 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