repu

\ʁə.py\

/\ʁə.py\/ adj

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The verdict

“repu” is uncommon French (frequency #61,842 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,842
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rassasié ; qui n’a plus faim.

Corpus desk

Index FR-repu · repu · French

repu · rank #61,842 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,842
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reprochée

Nearest frequency peer: reprochée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « repu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « repu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for repu
PropertyValue
Headwordrepu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.py\
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « repu » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).reputombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « reprochée » (#61,841), « reprendrons » (#61,840), « resserrent » (#61,844). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « repu » est au #61,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

repu is uncommon French at frequency #61,842 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʁə.py\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rassasié ; qui n’a plus faim.".

repu has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is repu, spelled R-E-P-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rassasié ; qui n’a plus faim.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toutes les femmes semblent échappées d’un carême ; elles se jettent à la viande, goulues ; et pleines, et repues, elles laissent négligemment échapper « qu’un rien les indigestionne. »
  2. Et ce pauvre hère, ragaillardi lui aussi par le thé et la bonne chère, traduit alors la reconnaissance de son estomac repu par un concert qui porte la satisfaction générale à son comble.

Synonyms

gbé

This word in other languages

full(English)saciado(Español)satt(Deutsch)

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 "repu"?
"repu" is spelled R-E-P-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.py\.
What does "repu" mean?
As an adjective, "repu" means: Rassasié ; qui n’a plus faim.
How do you pronounce "repu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "repu" is \ʁə.py\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "repu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Riri#61,852roof#61,858pren#61,796PLAI#61,790

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list