remplacement

/\ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,563

in French word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

remplacement is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de remplacer une chose par une autre ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\. It ranks #3,563 in French word frequency. Often confused with remplacent and remplacements.

Key facts for remplacement
PropertyValue
Headwordremplacement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,563
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of remplacement in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for remplacement is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,563 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for remplacement, with forms such as "ermplacement", "remlpacement", and "remmplacement". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "remplacent", "remplacements", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is remplacement, spelled R-E-M-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de remplacer une chose par une autre ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Action de remplacer une personne par une autre.
  3. 3
    Substitution d'un conscrit par un volontaire moyennant rétribution.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ermplacement,remlpacement,remmplacement,rempalcement,remplaccement,remplaceemnt,remplacemennt,remplacementt,remplacemetn,remplacemment,remplacemnet,remplacmeent,remplaecment,remplcaement,rempllacement,rempplacement,repmlacement,rmeplacement,rremplacement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for remplacement

Misspelling Variants of "remplacement"

ermplacement12remlpacement12remmplacement13rempalcement12remplaccement13remplaceemnt12remplacemennt13remplacementt13
Misspelling Variants of "remplacement"

Frequency rank: #3,563 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "remplacement"?
"remplacement" is spelled R-E-M-P-L-A-C-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\.
What does "remplacement" mean?
As a noun, "remplacement" means: Action de remplacer une chose par une autre ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "remplacement"?
"remplacement" is commonly confused with "remplacent", "remplacements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "remplacement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "remplacement" is \ʁɑ̃.pla.smɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "remplacement" come from?
"remplacement" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.