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.
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?
Frequency check: "remplacé" vs "remplacent" - which ranks higher?
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.