relirevsrepliéWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#9,731
“relire” frequency rank
#31,689
“replié” frequency rank
41420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relire replié
Definition Lire de nouveau. Participe passé masculin singulier de replier.

Where the eye mixes relire and replié

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
relire
6 ch
replié

Visual trap between relire and replié

A purely visual mix-up. relire (\ʁə.liʁ\) and replié (\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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relire is recorded at frequency rank #9,731, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.liʁ\. replié is at rank #31,689, 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 41420, this pair ranks #233,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of relire vs replié

Shared letters: eilr. Private to "relire": -. Private to "replié": .

"relire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "replié" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relireerlire · reilre · relirre · rellire · relrie · rleire · rrelire

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "relire" and "replié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.liʁ\ versus \ʁə.pli.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "relire" or "replié"?
"relire" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,731 in our French list, against #31,689 for "replié". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,249 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relire" and "replié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relit vs replié". 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 #233,249 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