réunirontvsréussirontTell them apart

Which to use

“réuniront” and “réussiront” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,185
“réuniront” frequency rank
#44,711
“réussiront” frequency rank
92896
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réuniront réussiront
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de réunir. Troisième personne du pluriel du futur de réussir.

Where the eye mixes réuniront and réussiront

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. réuniront runs 9 letters (CVVCVCVCC) against réussiront's 10 (CVVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
réuniront
10 ch
réussiront

Visual trap between réuniront and réussiront

A purely visual mix-up. réuniront (\ʁe.y.ni.ʁɔ̃\) and réussiront (\ʁe.y.si.ʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réuniront is recorded at frequency rank #48,185, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.ni.ʁɔ̃\. réussiront is at rank #44,711, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁe.y.si.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 92896, this pair ranks #2,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réuniront vs réussiront

Shared letters: inortué. Private to "réuniront": -. Private to "réussiront": s.

"réuniront" · 9 letters · shape CVVCVCVCC  ·  "réussiront" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réuniront" for "réussiront" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.y.ni.ʁɔ̃\ versus \ʁe.y.si.ʁɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réuniront" or "réussiront"?
"réussiront" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,711 in our French list, against #48,185 for "réuniront". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "réuniront" and "réussiront" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réuniront" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "réussiront" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,669 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réuniront" and "réussiront" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réussirent vs réussiront". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,669 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