remplacévsremplacentTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,796
“remplacé” frequency rank
#16,985
“remplacent” frequency rank
20781
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature remplacé remplacent
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de remplacer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de remplacer.

Where the eye mixes remplacé and remplacent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. remplacé runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against remplacent's 10 (CVCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
remplacé
10 ch
remplacent

Visual trap between remplacé and remplacent

A purely visual mix-up. remplacé (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\) and remplacent (\ʁɑ̃.plas\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20781, 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\. remplacent is at rank #16,985, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁɑ̃.plas\.

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 20781, this pair ranks #366,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of remplacé vs remplacent

Shared letters: acelmpr. Private to "remplacé": é. Private to "remplacent": nt.

"remplacé" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV  ·  "remplacent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • remplacent ← ermplacent · remlpacent · remmplacent · rempalcent · remplaccent · remplacennt · remplacentt · remplacetn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "remplacé" and "remplacent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁɑ̃.pla.se\ versus \ʁɑ̃.plas\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "remplacé" vs "remplacent" - which ranks higher?
"remplacé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,796 in our French list, against #16,985 for "remplacent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "remplacé" and "remplacent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "remplacent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #366,538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "remplacé" and "remplacent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "remplaçait vs remplacent". 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 #366,538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list