Which to use
“remplaça” and “remplira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,685
- “remplaça” frequency rank
- #49,323
- “remplira” frequency rank
- 85008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplaça | remplira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de remplacer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de remplir. |
Where the eye mixes remplaça and remplira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remplaça and remplira follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses remplaça with remplira
A purely visual mix-up. remplaça (\ʁɑ̃.pla.sa\) and remplira (\ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85008, 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\. remplira is at rank #49,323, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa\.
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 85008, this pair ranks #12,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of remplaça vs remplira
Shared letters: aelmpr. Private to "remplaça": ç. Private to "remplira": i.
"remplaça" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- remplira ← ermplira · remlpira · remmplira · rempilra · rempliar · remplirra · rempllira · remplria
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplaça" for "remplira" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remplaça" vs "remplira" - which ranks higher?
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 "remplaça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplaça" and "remplira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaça vs replacé". 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 #12,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.