Which to use
“réélire” is a verb and “repaire” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,650
- “réélire” frequency rank
- #20,549
- “repaire” frequency rank
- 64199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réélire | repaire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élire de nouveau. | Lieu où se réunissent et se cachent bandits, malfaiteurs, voleurs, etc. |
Where the eye mixes réélire and repaire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réélire (CVVCVCV) and repaire (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: réélire vs repaire
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réélire is \ʁe.e.liʁ\ while repaire is \ʁə.pɛʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réélire is recorded at frequency rank #43,650, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.e.liʁ\. repaire is at rank #20,549, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pɛʁ\.
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 64199, this pair ranks #78,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of réélire vs repaire
Shared letters: eir. Private to "réélire": lé. Private to "repaire": ap.
"réélire" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "repaire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- repaire ← erpaire · reapire · repaier · repairre · reparie · repiare · reppaire · rpeaire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "réélire" for "repaire" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "réélire" or "repaire" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "réélire" and "repaire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "réélire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "repaire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réélire" and "repaire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réélire vs repliée". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #78,222 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.