RégniervsreplierWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Régnier is a name, replier is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Régnier” is a name and “replier” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,053
“Régnier” frequency rank
#21,145
“replier” frequency rank
58198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Régnier replier
Definition Nom de famille. Plier une chose qui avait été dépliée.

Letter map: Régnier vs replier

Shared letters muted; letters that set Régnier and replier apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
Régnier
7 ch
replier

Role in the sentence - Régnier and replier

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Régnier is aname and replieraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Régnier is recorded at frequency rank #37,053, classified as aname. replier is at rank #21,145, 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 58198, this pair ranks #110,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Régnier vs replier

Shared letters: eir. Private to "Régnier": gné. Private to "replier": lp.

"Régnier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "replier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • repliererplier · relpier · repiler · repleir · replierr · replire · repllier · repplier

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Régnier" and "replier" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Régnier" is a name and "replier" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Régnier" vs "replier" - which ranks higher?
"replier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,145 in our French list, against #37,053 for "Régnier". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Régnier" and "replier".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Régnier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Régnier" and "replier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rainier vs Régnier". 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 #110,460 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