remplaça vs remplacée, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#35,685
“remplaça” frequency rank: #11,288
“remplacée” frequency rank: 46973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	remplaça	remplacée
Definition	Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remplacer.	Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set remplaça and remplacée apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch

remplaça

9 ch

remplacée

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. remplaça (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\) and remplacée (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46973, 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\. remplacée is at rank #11,288, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\.

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 46973, this pair ranks #190,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of remplaça vs remplacée

Shared letters: aelmpr. Private to "remplaça": ç. Private to "remplacée": cé.

"remplaça" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV

Frequency comparison

remplaça#35,685

remplacée#11,288

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplaça" and "remplacée" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\ versus \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "remplaça" or "remplacée"?

"remplacée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,288 in our French list, against #35,685 for "remplaça". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering remplaça vs remplacée

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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