RéunionvsréunirontWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,277
“Réunion” frequency rank
#48,185
“réuniront” frequency rank
49462
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Réunion réuniront
Definition Île de l’océan Indien, à l’est de Madagascar et à l’ouest de Maurice. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de réunir.

Where the eye mixes Réunion and réuniront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Réunion runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against réuniront's 9 (CVVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Réunion
9 ch
réuniront

Look-alike desk: Réunion vs réuniront

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Réunion is \ʁe.y.njɔ̃\ while réuniront is \ʁe.y.ni.ʁɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Réunion is recorded at frequency rank #1,277, classified as aname, pronounced \ʁe.y.njɔ̃\. réuniront is at rank #48,185, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.ni.ʁɔ̃\.

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 49462, this pair ranks #170,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Réunion vs réuniront

Shared letters: inorué. Private to "Réunion": -. Private to "réuniront": t.

"Réunion" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC  ·  "réuniront" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Réunion" for "réuniront" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Réunion" is a name and "réuniront" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Réunion" vs "réuniront" - which ranks higher?
"Réunion" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,277 in our French list, against #48,185 for "réuniront". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Réunion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réuniront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #170,461 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Réunion" and "réuniront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réuniront vs réussiront". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #170,461 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