relitvsreplisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: relit is a verb, replis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“relit” is a verb and “replis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,904
“relit” frequency rank
#39,502
“replis” frequency rank
89406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relit replis
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de relire. Pluriel de repli.

Where the eye mixes relit and replis

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

5 ch
relit
6 ch
replis

Visual trap between relit and replis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relit is \ʁə.li\ while replis is \ʁə.pli\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relit is recorded at frequency rank #49,904, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.li\. replis is at rank #39,502, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.pli\.

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 89406, this pair ranks #5,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relit vs replis

Shared letters: eilr. Private to "relit": t. Private to "replis": ps.

"relit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "replis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reliterlit · reilt · relitt · rellit · relti · rleit · rrelit
  • repliserplis · relpis · repils · repliss · repllis · replsi · repplis · rpelis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "relit" and "replis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "relit" is a verb and "replis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "relit" or "replis" show up more?
"replis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,502 in our French list, against #49,904 for "relit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "replis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,827 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relit" and "replis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reis vs relit". 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 #5,827 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