rétablisvsrétablitConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#38,526
“rétablis” frequency rank
#23,359
“rétablit” frequency rank
61885
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rétablis rétablit
Definition Pluriel de rétabli. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de rétablir.

Same sound, different letters: rétablis vs rétablit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rétablis and rétablit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
rétablis
8 ch
rétablit

Homophone desk: rétablis vs rétablit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rétablis and rétablit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁe.ta.bli\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “rétablis” becomes t in “rétablit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rétablis is recorded at frequency rank #38,526, classified as anoun, 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 61885, this pair ranks #89,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rétablis vs rétablit

Shared letters: abilrté. Private to "rétablis": s. Private to "rétablit": -.

"rétablis" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "rétablit" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rétablis" for "rétablit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rétablis" is a noun and "rétablit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rétablis" vs "rétablit" - which ranks higher?
"rétablit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,359 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 "rétablis" 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 #89,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rétablis" and "rétablit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retable vs rétablis". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #89,920 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