repost

adj

The verdict

“repost” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,975
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repost · repost · French

repost · rank #39,975 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,975
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renégociation

Nearest frequency peer: renégociation (-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 « repost »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « repost » 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).

repost vs rest
67% similar
repost vs résout
50% similar
repost vs revoit
67% similar

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

Key facts for repost
PropertyValue
Headwordrepost
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,975
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « repost »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).repostse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renégociation » (#39,974), « repreneur » (#39,976), « rendraient » (#39,973). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « repost » est au #39,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around repost, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #39,975 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Caché.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for repost, with forms such as "erpost", "reopst", and "reposst". 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, "rest", "résout", "revoit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 repost, spelled R-E-P-O-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. ulcere parfonde ou reposte

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erpost
  • reopst
  • reposst
  • repostt
  • repots
  • reppost
  • repsot
  • rpeost
  • rrepost

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of repost - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erpost2reopst2reposst1repostt1repots2reppost1repsot2rpeost2
Edit distance from "repost"

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 "repost"?
"repost" is spelled R-E-P-O-S-T.
What does "repost" mean?
As an adjective, "repost" means: Caché.
What words are commonly confused with "repost"?
"repost" is commonly confused with "rest", "résout", "revoit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "repost" come from?
"repost" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list