Which to use
“remplaça” and “remplaçait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,685
- “remplaça” frequency rank
- #37,034
- “remplaçait” frequency rank
- 72719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplaça | remplaçait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remplacer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de remplacer. |
Where the eye mixes remplaça and remplaçait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. remplaça runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplaçait's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: remplaça vs remplaçait
A purely visual mix-up. remplaça (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\) and remplaçait (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “remplaça” sits inside “remplaçait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplaça is recorded at frequency rank #35,685, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\. remplaçait is at rank #37,034, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.sɛ\.
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 72719, this pair ranks #43,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remplaça vs remplaçait
Shared letters: aelmprç. Private to "remplaça": -. Private to "remplaçait": it.
"remplaça" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplaçait" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "remplaça" and "remplaçait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "remplaça" vs "remplaçait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "remplaça" and "remplaçait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplaça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplaçait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplaça" and "remplaçait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaçait vs remplacerait". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #43,010 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.