réunievsRuneWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réunie is a verb, Rune is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réunie” is a verb and “Rune” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,557
“réunie” frequency rank
#47,011
“Rune” frequency rank
61568
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réunie Rune
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de réunir. Nom de famille.

Letter map: réunie vs Rune

Shared letters muted; letters that set réunie and Rune apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. réunie runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against Rune's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
réunie
4 ch
Rune

Grammar separator: réunie vs Rune

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réunie is averb and Runeaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réunie is recorded at frequency rank #14,557, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.ni\. Rune is at rank #47,011, tagged as aname.

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 61568, this pair ranks #91,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réunie vs Rune

Shared letters: enru. Private to "réunie": ié. Private to "Rune": -.

"réunie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "Rune" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rune ← rnue · rrune · ruen · runne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réunie" for "Rune" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réunie" is a verb and "Rune" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "réunie" vs "Rune" - which ranks higher?
"réunie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,557 in our French list, against #47,011 for "Rune". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "réunie" vs "Rune" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réunie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réunie" and "Rune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rani vs Rune". 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 #91,549 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