repas
\ʁə.pɑ\
The verdict
“repas” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,934. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,934
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nourriture que l’on prend pour s’alimenter pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité, souvent à des heures régulières de la journée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-repas · repas · French
repas · rank #1,934 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,934
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH quels
Nearest frequency peer: quels (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “repas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pratiques
pratiques
98,070 corpus weight
- quelles
quelles
98,069 corpus weight
- quels
quels
98,068 corpus weight
- repas
repas
98,067 corpus weight
- résistance
résistance
98,066 corpus weight
- soutenir
soutenir
98,065 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “repas” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | repas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.pɑ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “repas” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around repas (IPA \ʁə.pɑ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,934 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for repas, with forms such as "erpas", "reaps", and "repass". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "res", "reza", "reus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is repas, spelled R-E-P-A-S.
Definition
- 1Nourriture que l’on prend pour s’alimenter pendant une période spécifiquement consacrée à cette activité, souvent à des heures régulières de la journée.
- 2Période où l'on prend le repas.
- 3Pratiques sociales, cérémonial qui entoure le repas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how repas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’abbé Plomb est privé de sa gouvernante qui s’absente, cette après-midi, et il prend son repas, chez nous ; […].
Le repas était, comme toujours en Polynésie, une affaire très sérieuse et tout le monde mangeait en silence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erpas
- reaps
- repass
- reppas
- repsa
- rpeas
- rrepas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "repas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "repas". Here's where to go from here.
- "repas" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "res". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,934 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.