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.
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
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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.