réalisevsrepliéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“réalise” and “repliée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,290
“réalise” frequency rank
#41,498
“repliée” frequency rank
44788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réalise repliée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de réaliser. Participe passé féminin singulier de replier.

Where the eye mixes réalise and repliée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réalise (CVVCVCV) and repliée (CVCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
réalise
7 ch
repliée

Look-alike desk: réalise vs repliée

A purely visual mix-up. réalise (\ʁe.a.liz\) and repliée (\ʁə.pli.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réalise is recorded at frequency rank #3,290, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.liz\. repliée is at rank #41,498, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pli.je\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 44788, this pair ranks #207,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réalise vs repliée

Shared letters: eilré. Private to "réalise": as. Private to "repliée": p.

"réalise" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "repliée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réalise" for "repliée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.a.liz\ versus \ʁə.pli.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réalise" or "repliée"?
"réalise" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,290 in our French list, against #41,498 for "repliée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "réalise" and "repliée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réalise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repliée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #207,813 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réalise" and "repliée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repliée vs replient". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #207,813 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list