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“réplica” and “república” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,307
“réplica” frequency rank
#582
“república” frequency rank
11889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réplica república
Definition Acción o efecto de replicar. Forma de gobierno que se caracteriza porque la organización política descansa sobre el principio de que los ciudadanos con derecho a voto, el electorado, constituye la raíz última de legitimidad y la soberanía.

Where the eye mixes réplica and república

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
réplica
9 ch
república

Why the eye confuses réplica with república

A purely visual mix-up. réplica ([ˈreplika]) and república ([reˈpuβ̞lika]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réplica is recorded at frequency rank #11,307, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈreplika]. república is at rank #582, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈpuβ̞lika].

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 11889, this pair ranks #293,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of réplica vs república

Shared letters: acilpr. Private to "réplica": é. Private to "república": beú.

"réplica" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "república" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réplica" and "república" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈreplika] versus [reˈpuβ̞lika]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "réplica" or "república" show up more?
"república" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #582 in our Spanish list, against #11,307 for "réplica". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réplica" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "república" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #293,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réplica" and "república" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repisa vs réplica". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #293,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list