Which to use
“remplacé” and “remplacée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,796
- “remplacé” frequency rank
- #11,288
- “remplacée” frequency rank
- 15084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacé | remplacée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacé vs remplacée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacée's 9 (CVCCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - remplacé / remplacée
This is the hard kind. remplacé and remplacée are pronounced identically (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “remplacé” sits inside “remplacée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remplacé is recorded at frequency rank #3,796, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.pla.se\. 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 15084, this pair ranks #393,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacée
Shared letters: acelmpré. Private to "remplacé": -. Private to "remplacée": -.
"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacée" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remplacé" for "remplacée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "remplacé" vs "remplacée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "remplacé" / "remplacée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacé" and "remplacée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacée vs replacé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #393,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.