réparer

\ʁe.pa.ʁe\

/\ʁe.pa.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“réparer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,986
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remettre en état ce qui a été endommagé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reparer · réparer · French

réparer · rank #4,986 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,986
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH régionales

Nearest frequency peer: régionales (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « réparer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « réparer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

réparer vs repart
57% similar
réparer vs repère
57% similar
réparer vs repars
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for réparer
PropertyValue
Headwordréparer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.pa.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,986
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « réparer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).réparerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « régionales » (#4,985), « républicain » (#4,987), « roses » (#4,984). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « réparer » est au #4,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around réparer (IPA \ʁe.pa.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,986 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for réparer, with forms such as "reparer", "rpéarer", and "rréparer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "repart", "repère", "repars", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is réparer, spelled R-É-P-A-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remettre en état ce qui a été endommagé.
  2. 2
    Ôter les défauts d’aspect, mettre la dernière main à un ouvrage
  3. 3
    Rétablir dans l'état précédent.
  4. 4
    Effacer, faire disparaître.
  5. 5
    Donner des satisfactions proportionnées, des contreparties, des dédommagements

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how réparer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle avait tenu, par coquetterie d’intendante , à lui faire visiter toute l'installation vinicole, depuis le hangar où se réparaient les fûts jusqu'aux caves où les crus de réserve hérissaient leurs milliers de bouteilles.
  2. Trois croix voisinaient avec celle qui marquait la tombe d’un matelot autrichien. Un ours blanc avait essayé de violer cette dernière que nous avons réparée […].

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • reparer
  • rpéarer
  • rréparer
  • réaprer
  • répaerr
  • réparerr
  • réparre
  • réparrer
  • répparer
  • répraer
  • érparer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of réparer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

reparer1rpéarer2rréparer1réaprer2répaerr2réparerr1réparre2réparrer1
Edit distance from "réparer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "réparer"?
"réparer" is spelled R-É-P-A-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.pa.ʁe\.
What does "réparer" mean?
As a verb, "réparer" means: Remettre en état ce qui a été endommagé.
What words are commonly confused with "réparer"?
"réparer" is commonly confused with "repart", "repère", "repars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "réparer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "réparer" is \ʁe.pa.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "réparer" come from?
"réparer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "réparer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list