recréévsrepéréeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#43,109
“recréé” frequency rank
#25,474
“repérée” frequency rank
68583
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recréé repérée
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de recréer. Participe passé féminin singulier de repérer.

Where the eye mixes recréé and repérée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. recréé runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against repérée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
recréé
7 ch
repérée

Why the eye confuses recréé with repérée

A purely visual mix-up. recréé (\ʁə.kʁe.e\) and repérée (\ʁə.pe.ʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recréé is recorded at frequency rank #43,109, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.kʁe.e\. repérée is at rank #25,474, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pe.ʁe\.

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 68583, this pair ranks #58,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recréé vs repérée

Shared letters: eré. Private to "recréé": c. Private to "repérée": p.

"recréé" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "repérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recréé" and "repérée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.kʁe.e\ versus \ʁə.pe.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recréé" vs "repérée" - which ranks higher?
"repérée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,474 in our French list, against #43,109 for "recréé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "recréé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,575 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recréé" and "repérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recife vs recréé". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #58,575 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