Which to use
“remplaça” and “remplacer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,685
- “remplaça” frequency rank
- #2,245
- “remplacer” frequency rank
- 37930
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplaça | remplacer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remplacer. | Succéder à quelqu’un dans une place, dans un emploi. |
Where the eye mixes remplaça and remplacer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remplaça runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacer's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between remplaça and remplacer
A purely visual mix-up. remplaça (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\) and remplacer (\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 37930, 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\. remplacer is at rank #2,245, 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 37930, this pair ranks #258,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of remplaça vs remplacer
Shared letters: aelmpr. Private to "remplaça": ç. Private to "remplacer": c.
"remplaça" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacer" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplacer ← ermplacer · remlpacer · remmplacer · rempalcer · remplaccer · remplacerr · remplacre · remplaecr
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplaça" for "remplacer" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplaça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #258,961 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplaça" and "remplacer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaça vs remplira". 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 #258,961 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.