Which to use
“remplacé” and “remplacées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,796
- “remplacé” frequency rank
- #19,131
- “remplacées” frequency rank
- 22927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remplacé | remplacées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de remplacer. |
Same sound, different letters: remplacé vs remplacées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacées's 10 (CVCCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - remplacé and remplacées
This is the hard kind. remplacé and remplacées 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 2 extra letter(s) - “remplacé” sits inside “remplacées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22927, 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\. remplacées is at rank #19,131, 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 22927, this pair ranks #355,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacées
Shared letters: acelmpré. Private to "remplacé": -. Private to "remplacées": s.
"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "remplacées" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "remplacé" and "remplacées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "remplacé" or "remplacées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remplacées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remplacé" and "remplacées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplacées vs remplacez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #355,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.