Which to use
“rétablie” and “rétablit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,980
- “rétablie” frequency rank
- #23,359
- “rétablit” frequency rank
- 43339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rétablie | rétablit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de rétablir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rétablir. |
Same sound, different letters: rétablie vs rétablit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rétablie (CVCVCCVV) and rétablit (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - rétablie and rétablit
This is the hard kind. rétablie and rétablit are pronounced identically (\ʁe.ta.bli\) 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 a single letter - e in “rétablie” becomes t in “rétablit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43339, 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\. rétablit is at rank #23,359, tagged as averb, 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 43339, this pair ranks #218,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rétablie vs rétablit
Shared letters: abilrté. Private to "rétablie": e. Private to "rétablit": -.
"rétablie" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "rétablit" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rétablie" and "rétablit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rétablie" or "rétablit"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rétablie" / "rétablit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rétablie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rétablit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rétablie" and "rétablit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retable vs rétablit". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #218,819 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.